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In the first part of this paper dealing with the origin of RNA, we will take a look at the elements that have allowed selection of ribofuranose. We will study how ribose has organized itself to form polysaccharides and how nucleic bases would have been able to react with these structures to form prebiotic RNA. Finally, we will turn to the origin of DNA to discuss how the cell synthesized DNA and how RNA could be converted to DNA in a prebiotic environment.
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Prieur, B.E. (1996). Origin of Nucleic Acids. In: Chela-Flores, J., Raulin, F. (eds) Chemical Evolution: Physics of the Origin and Evolution of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1712-5_13
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