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The prebiotic abundance of a nucleobase (or any molecular entity) can be viewed as the net result of synthetic (input channels) and degradation (decomposition or side reactions) pathways. While decomposition removes the nucleobase from the pool, some side reactions (such as alkylation of amino groups) could actually enhance the stability of a particular base in a prebiotic environment.
