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The above authors claim to have examined critically the thermal polycondensation of amino acids −as a possible prebiotic path of chemical evolution of life−. Some of the flaws in their premises and interpretations are discussed here.
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Fox, S.W. Response to comments on thermal polypeptides. J Mol Evol 8, 301–304 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731004
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