Metabolism may have started in our early oceans before the origin of life

Metabolism may have started in our early oceans before the origin of life
London, UK (SPX) Apr 28, 2014 - The chemical reactions behind the formation of common metabolites in modern organisms could have formed spontaneously in the earth's early oceans, questioning the events thought to have led to the origin of life. In new research funded by the Wellcome Trust, researchers at the University of Cambridge reconstructed the chemical make-up of the earth's earliest ocean in the laboratory. The te ... more

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