RNA world
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rna-world-207-7527330
title:
RNA world
text:
The RNA world is a hypothetical stage in the evolutionary history of life on Earth in which self-replicating RNA molecules proliferated before the evolution of DNA and proteins. The term also refers to the hypothesis that posits the existence of this stage. Alexander Rich first proposed the concept of the RNA world in 1962, and Walter Gilbert coined the term in 1986. Alternative chemical paths to life have been proposed, and RNA-based life may not have been the first life to exist. Even so, the
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encyclopedia
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Hypothetical stage in the early evolutionary history of life on Earth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world
date created:
2001-07-28T21:37:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T23:49:53Z
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