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Ideas in theoretical biology Preservation of relics from the RNA world through natural selection, symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer

Ideas in theoretical biology Preservation of relics from the RNA world through natural selection,... IDEAS IN THEORETICAL BIOLOGY PRESERVATION OF RELICS FROM THE RNA WORLD THROUGH NATURAL SELECTION, SYMBIOSIS AND HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER Julian Chela-Flores International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Miramare P.O. Box 586; 34100 Trieste, Italy, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 10, Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland and Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados, (Universidad Simon Bolivar), Apartado 17606 Parque Central, Caracas 1015A, Venezuela. 1. INTRODUCTION In spite of the success of the concept of the RNA world, which constitutes a "milestone in the scientific study of life's origins" (Joyce & Orgel, 1993), there remains the difficulty of explaining how self-replicating RNA was created during chemical evolution. One of the typical difficulties that remains to be overcome is to be able to provide a complete set of reactions yielding ribose, a key constituent of RNA, as the main product. An alternative approach to elucidate this important early stage in the evolution of life on earth, is to investigate the question of whether the RNA world may have left any relics amongst pathogens of contemporary multicellular organisms. We discussed one such pathogen (viroids) earlier (Chela-Flores, 1994). We now attempt to answer the question of whether the theory of evolution is compatible with the concept http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

Ideas in theoretical biology Preservation of relics from the RNA world through natural selection, symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer

Chela-Flores, Julian
Acta Biotheoretica , Volume 44 (2) – May 4, 2004
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IDEAS IN THEORETICAL BIOLOGY PRESERVATION OF RELICS FROM THE RNA WORLD THROUGH NATURAL SELECTION, SYMBIOSIS AND HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER Julian Chela-Flores International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Miramare P.O. Box 586; 34100 Trieste, Italy, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 10, Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland and Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados, (Universidad Simon Bolivar), Apartado 17606 Parque Central, Caracas 1015A, Venezuela. 1. INTRODUCTION In spite of the success of the concept of the RNA world, which constitutes a "milestone in the scientific study of life's origins" (Joyce & Orgel, 1993), there remains the difficulty of explaining how self-replicating RNA was created during chemical evolution. One of the typical difficulties that remains to be overcome is to be able to provide a complete set of reactions yielding ribose, a key constituent of RNA, as the main product. An alternative approach to elucidate this important early stage in the evolution of life on earth, is to investigate the question of whether the RNA world may have left any relics amongst pathogens of contemporary multicellular organisms. We discussed one such pathogen (viroids) earlier (Chela-Flores, 1994). We now attempt to answer the question of whether the theory of evolution is compatible with the concept

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