Wednesday, June 12, 2013

In a Martian meteorite found element for the origin of life - the Russian newspaper

American scientists have found in a Martian meteorite, a large amount of boron that can play a key role in the emergence of RNA, or “building blocks of life”.

object of study for astrobiologists served as a Martian meteorite found in Antarctica during a recent expedition. Analysis of the composition of the stone veins of clay scientists found that the boron content in it was 8 times higher than in other known samples from Mars, RIA Novosti reported.

According to scientists, boron salts could play an important role in the origin of life on Earth as they stabilize ribose, an important component of RNA, which was a “medium” before the advent of DNA. Earlier experiments showed that ribose can not occur without boron salts.

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