David Deamer, University of California, Santa Cruz
Witherspoon 201 2810 Cates Ave, Raleigh, NC 27606, Raleigh, NC, United StatesNanopore sequencing may explain the origin of nucleic acids David Deamer, University of California, Santa Cruz Video Abstract Were nucleic acids invented by primitive forms of life? The alternative is that non-enzymatic polymerization synthesized nucleic acids before life began. I will describe a series of reactions driven by wet-dry cycles that are ubiquitous in freshwater…