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The origin of life—a review of facts and speculations
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Metadata
- Authors
- Orgel, L. E.
- Venue
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-12
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 491-495
- ISSN
- 0968-0004 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2013861147
- Cited by
- 364
- References
- 43
- FWCI
- 0.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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