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One oxygen atom sets the temperature at which RNA turns into droplets, then gel
A Buffalo-led team reports RNA condenses about 10 degrees Celsius below matched DNA, and traces it to the 2'-hydroxyl. That gives the RNA-world story a compartment without a membrane.
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