Speculations on the early course of evolution.
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 83 (5), 1271-1275
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.5.1271
Abstract
The proposal that RNA preceded DNA in evolution is more than 15 years old. In light of recent studies on RNA processing (including protein-free reactions), present knowledge about eukaryotic gene structure, and studies comparing ribosomal RNA sequences, we propose a train of events for precellular and early cellular evolution.This publication has 69 references indexed in Scilit:
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