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Catrina Mueller's picture

I think it is quite

I think it is quite interesting how longer strings of hydrocarbons only tend to show up in organizims. I understand that the bigger the chain of atoms, the less probable that they will come together as such, but clearly they are uniting on a much higher rate in organizims' bodies. I wonder if there is something fueling these strains to come into existance or it is just coincidence.

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