mechanistic
Analysis v1
Scientists used carbon atoms with a special tag to track where the fats in their experiment came from — and they found the fats came from the tagged chemicals they added, not from dirt or other random stuff.
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Lipid Synthesis Under Hydrothermal Conditions by Fischer- Tropsch-Type Reactions
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In Vitro
1999 MarScientists used special carbon tags (13C) in formic and oxalic acid to see if the fats they made came from those acids — and they did. This proves the fats weren’t just dirt or contamination.
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