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Dworkin, J.P., Gillette, J.S., Bernstein, M.P.,Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L. J., Elsila, J.E., McGlothlin, R.M., and Zare, R.N. An evolutionary connection between interstellar ices and IDPs? Clues from mass spectroscopy measurements of laboratory simulations Advances in Space Research 33, 67 -71, (2004).[PDF]

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Dworkin, J.,P., & Miller, S. L. (2000). A kinetic estimate of the free aldehyde content of aldoses. Carbo. Res. 329, 359-365. [PDF]

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Dworkin, J.P. (1997) Alternatives to uracil in the preRNA world. Biochemistry disseration, University of California, San Diego. Advisor: S.L. Miller.

Dworkin, J. P. (1997). Attempted prebiotic synthesis of pseudouridine. Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 27, 345-355. [PDF]

Dworkin, J. P., & Miller, S. L. (1996). The relative reactivity of deoxyribose and ribose: Did DNA come before RNA? Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 26, 412-413.