Amino acids and the asymmetry of life : caught in the act of formation
This engaging study seeks to explain why left-handed amino acids violated parity in the emergence of life on Earth. To that end, it offers all the models proposed by physicists, chemists and biologists as well as the scientific conflicts.
xxii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9783642095580, 9783540768869, 3642095585, 3540768866
743292256
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