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kjkjadksjyesterday at 4:45 PM1 replyview on HN

The missing part has been conducted in other experiments. I don’t have time to give you some papers, but nucleic acids can self assemble into long chains under the right condutions. No polymerase enzyme is needed.


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pfdietzyesterday at 5:31 PM

The conditions, while not requiring enzymes, are still highly artificial.