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Conceptual Origin of Thermal Heteropolycondensation of Amino Acids

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Any experimental breakthrough presupposes fledgling new ideas as Popper (1959) rightly pointed out. Thermal heteropolycondensation of amino acids is no exception to this rule.

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Matsuno, K. (1984). Conceptual Origin of Thermal Heteropolycondensation of Amino Acids. In: Matsuno, K., Dose, K., Harada, K., Rohlfing, D.L. (eds) Molecular Evolution and Protobiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4640-1_2

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