Parsimonious Scenario for the Emergence of Viroid-Like Replicons De Novo

Parsimonious Scenario for the Emergence of Viroid-Like Replicons De Novo

Viroids are small, non-coding, circular RNA molecules that infect plants. Different hypotheses for their evolutionary origin have been put forward, such as an early emergence in a precellular RNA World or several de novo independent evolutionary origins in plants. Here, we discuss the plausibility o...

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Main Authors: Pablo Catalán, Santiago F. Elena, José A. Cuesta, Susanna Manrubia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
viroid
RNA secondary structure
population dynamics
computational simulations
structure enumeration
simple replicators
modular evolution
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/5/425

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