[Rockhounds] Inosine, the first RNA, and origin of life

[Paul]

Inosine could be a potential route to the first RNA and the
origin of life on Earth Harvard University, December 3, 2018,
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-inosine-potential-route-rna-life.html

The paper is:

Seohyun Chris Kim, Derek K. O’Flaherty, Lijun Zhou, Victor S.
Lelyveld, and Jack W. Szostak, 2018, Inosine, but none of the
8-oxo-purines, is a plausible component of a primordial
version of RNA. PNAS published ahead of print December 3, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814367115

Merry Christmas and Happy New yera,

Paul H.