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homochirality of life
The chemical uniformity observed in living organisms, in which amino acids are almost entirely L-form and sugars are almost entirely D-form. It is one of the unsolved mysteries of the origin of life and may arise through mechanisms such as autocatalytic amplification.
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Oct 12
Homochirality of life refers to the phenomenon that amino acids in organisms are almost all L-form and sugars are almost all D-form.
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