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Title:
The antiquity of RNA-based evolution
Authors:
Joyce, Gerald F.
Publication:
Nature, Volume 418, Issue 6894, pp. 214-221 (2002). (Nature Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2002
Origin:
NATURE
DOI:
10.1038/418214a
Bibliographic Code:
2002Natur.418..214J

Abstract

All life that is known to exist on Earth today and all life for which there is evidence in the geological record seems to be of the same form - one based on DNA genomes and protein enzymes. Yet there are strong reasons to conclude that DNA- and protein-based life was preceded by a simpler life form based primarily on RNA. This earlier era is referred to as the 'RNA world', during which the genetic information resided in the sequence of RNA molecules and the phenotype derived from the catalytic properties of RNA.
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