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Meléndez-Hevia, E. From the RNA world to the DNA-protein world: clues to the origin and early evolution of life in the ribosome.J Biosci 34, 825–827 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-009-0095-2

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• Published: 30 November 2009
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