A synthetic approach to abiogenesis.

Attwater, James; Holliger, Philipp · Nat Methods · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Synthetic biology seeks to probe fundamental aspects of biological form and function by construction (resynthesis) rather than deconstruction (analysis). Here we discuss how such an approach could be applied to assemble synthetic quasibiological systems able to replicate and evolve, illuminating universal properties of life and the search for its origins.

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