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As we said in Sect. 4, these now generally accepted ideas were recently introduced to the literature, and are of great importance in the context of this review article. In our opinion, it is impossible to discuss the problem of the origin (or better, the origins) of organic matter in chondrites without taking into account the heterogeneity of the protosolar nebula and its consequences. In the next section, we will illustrate this last remark. 

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Becker L., Popp B., Rust T., and Bada J. L. (1999) The origin of organic matter in the martian meteorite ALH84001. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 167, 71-79. 

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Origin of Organic Matter in North American Basin Cretaceous Black Shales... 

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