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CHEM 5513   
Biochemical Evolution  

Abiotic synthesis of biomolecules on Earth, the origin of cells, genetic information, origin of life on Earth and elsewhere, evolution and diversity, ecological niches, bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes, novel metabolic reshaping of the environment, life being reshaped by the environment, molecular data and evolution.

Prerequisite: CHEM 5813.   

Offered: Even years, Sp