Paradoxes of early stages of evolution of life and biological complexity

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere : the Journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life
Alexey V Melkikh

Abstract

Two of the most fundamental questions concerning the origin of life, how biologically important molecules (RNA, proteins) find their unique spatial configuration, and how coding sequences can evolve beyond a certain critical length, are discussed. It is shown that both of these problems have not been solved. Experiments that could clarify the mechanisms of interaction between biologically important molecules in the simplest cells are discussed.

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Jul 15, 2015·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology·Alexey V Melkikh, Andrei Khrennikov

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