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Reasons Why Life on Earth Rarely Makes Fluorine-containing Compounds And Their Implications for the Search for Life Beyond Earth

Life on Earth is known to rarely make fluorinated carbon compounds, as compared to other halocarbons. We quantify this rarity, based on our exhaustive natural products database curated from available […]

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