Emergence of linkage between cooperative RNA replicators encoding replication and metabolic enzymes through experimental evolution.

The integration of individually replicating genes into a primitive chromosome is a key evolutionary transition in the development of life, allowing the simultaneous inheritance of genes. However, how this transition occurred is unclear because the extended size of primitive chromosomes replicate slo...

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Main Authors: Kensuke Ueda, Ryo Mizuuchi, Norikazu Ichihashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010471