Whither life? Conjectures on the future evolution of biochemistry

Life has existed on the Earth for approximately four billion years. The sheer depth of evolutionary time, and the diversity of extant species, makes it tempting to assume that all the key biochemical innovations underpinning life have already happened. But we are only a little over halfway through t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brewster, Jodi L., Finn, Thomas J., Ramirez, Miguel A., Patrick, Wayne M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5014022/