Liffrea
11-12-2009, 03:39 PM
NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample containing pyrimidine exposed to ultraviolet radiation under space-like conditions produces this essential ingredient of life.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110070320.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110070320.htm