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ERIC Number: EJ560012
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
The Origins of Life--A Status Report.
Joyce, Gerald F.; Orgel, Leslie E.
American Biology Teacher, v60 n1 p10-12 Jan 1998
Argues that Darwinian evolution provides a framework for understanding how a polymer such as RNA might have arisen and perpetuated itself in a changing environment. Also explains how one genetic system invents another. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Cytology, Evolution, Genetics, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Models, Molecular Biology, RNA
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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