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Phenotype/genotype sequence complementarity and prebiotic replicator coexistence in the metabolically coupled replicator system.
BMC evolutionary biology - 25 Nov 2014
Könnyű Balázs, Czárán Tamás
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: RNA or RNA-like polymers are the most likely candidates for having played the lead roles on the stage of the origin of life. RNA is known to feature two of the three essential functions of living entities (metabolism, heredity and membrane): it is capable of unlimited heredity and it has a proven capacity for catalysing very different chemical reactions which may form simple metabolic networks. The...
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