A new approach in the lab. Trying a nucleotide with a simpler sugar. Note the reference to Darwinian evolution of a molecule. Evolution opccurs ijn life, not pre-life. Also note the use of a polymerizing enjyme, just hanging around in the pre-life era? I love active grantsmanship in the OOL labs!

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-simpler-earlier-genetic-molecule-predate.html