Limited Sequence Diversity Within a Population Supports Prebiotic RNA Reproduction
The origins of life require the emergence of informational polymers capable of reproduction. In the RNA world on the primordial Earth, reproducible RNA molecules would have arisen from a mixture of compositionally biased, poorly available, short RNA sequences in prebiotic environments. However, it r...
Main Authors: | Ryo Mizuuchi, Niles Lehman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-02-01
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Series: | Life |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/1/20 |
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