Kin Selection in the RNA World

Various steps in the RNA world required cooperation. Why did life’s first inhabitants, from polymerases to synthetases, cooperate? We develop kin selection models of the RNA world to answer these questions. We develop a very simple model of RNA cooperation and then elaborate it to model three releva...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samuel R. Levin, Stuart A. West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/7/4/53