[meteorite-list] The new science of the origins of life

[Paul H.]

Shawn Alan posted to the  Meteorite-list on April 9, 2015
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg120870.html

"Hello Listers
Enjoy: The new science of the origins of life
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2015-04-02/the-new-science-of-the-origins-of-life/1434890 "

A recent and quite interesting paper concerning the 
topic of the origin of life is:

New study hints at spontaneous appearance of 
primordial DNA, University of Colorado at Boulde
Science Daily, April 7, 2015
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150407095635.htm

"The self-organization properties of DNA-like 
molecular fragments four billion years ago may 
have guided their own growth into repeating 
chemical chains long enough to act as a basis for 
primitive life, says a new study."

Fraccia, T. P., G. P. Smith, G. Zanchetta, E. 
Paraboschi, Y. Yi, D. M. Walba, G. Dieci, N. A. 
Clark, and T. Bellini, 2015, Abiotic ligation of 
DNA oligomers templated by their liquid crystal 
ordering. Nature Communications, 2015; 6: 6424 
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7424
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150310/ncomms7424/full/ncomms7424.html

Yours,

Paul H.