Prebiotic replicase evolution in a surface-bound metabolic system: parasites as a source of adaptive evolution

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The remarkable potential of recent forms of life for reliably passing on genetic information through many generations now depends on the coordinated action of thousands of specialized biochemical "machines" (enzymes) that w...

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Main Authors: Könnyű Balázs, Czárán Tamás, Szathmáry Eörs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/267