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Film, Video The Origins of the RNA World

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Transcript: TEXT

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Title

  • The Origins of the RNA World

Summary

  • Nathaniel Comfort convenes four distinguished scientists on-stage for a live oral history interview about the origins of the RNA world, the world at the dawn of life, before DNA, arising nearly four billion years ago.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2016-03-17.

Headings

  • -  DNA, RNA, Science, Scientists, astrobiology, Nathaniel Comfort
  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Walter Gilbert, W. Ford Doolittle, Ray Gesteland, George E. Fox, Nathanial Comfort.
  • -  Recorded on 2016-03-17.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690067

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Origins of the RNA World. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-17, 2016. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021690067/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2016) The Origins of the RNA World. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021690067/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Origins of the RNA World. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-17, 2016. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021690067/>.