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A synthetic approach to abiogenesis.

Nature methods - 1 May 2014

Attwater James, Holliger Philipp

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Synthetic biology seeks to probe fundamental aspects of biological form and function by construction (resynthesis) rather than deconstruction (analysis). Here we discuss how such an approach could be applied to assemble synthetic quasibiological systems able to replicate and evolve, illuminating universal properties of life and the search for its origins.

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PMID: 24781322
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2893

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