Error threshold (evolution)
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Error threshold (evolution)
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In evolutionary biology and population genetics, the error threshold is a limit on the number of base pairs a self-replicating molecule may have before mutation will destroy the information in subsequent generations of the molecule. The error threshold is crucial to understanding "Eigen's paradox". The error threshold is a concept in the origins of life (abiogenesis), in particular of very early life, before the advent of DNA. It is postulated that the first self-replicating molecules might have
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Theoretical limit on rate of mutation
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2023-09-26T15:45:37Z
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