Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution

Pinheiro, Vitor B., Taylor, Alexander I., Cozens, Christopher, Abramov, Mikhail, Renders, Marleen, Zhang, Su, Chaput, John C., Wengel, Jesper, Peak-Chew, Sew-Yeu, McLaughlin, Stephen H., Herdewijn, Piet, Holliger, Philipp·2012·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1217622

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