My understanding -- see here for a preliminary cite -- is that we've seen replication and evolution in RNA molecules with fewer than 50 bases. (Basically, it's an extension of Sol Spiegelman's "monster" -- the full reference, which I have not read, is "30 years later - a new approach to Sol Spiegelman's and Leslie Orgel's in vitro evolutionary studies: dedicated to Leslie Orgel on the occasion of his 70th birthday, M. Eigen and F. Oehlenschlager, Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 5-6 (1997), 437-457.")
Perplexed about DNA - Help please?
- Thread starter Filip Sandor
- Start date
My understanding -- see here for a preliminary cite -- is that we've seen replication and evolution in RNA molecules with fewer than 50 bases. (Basically, it's an extension of Sol Spiegelman's "monster" -- the full reference, which I have not read, is "30 years later - a new approach to Sol Spiegelman's and Leslie Orgel's in vitro evolutionary studies: dedicated to Leslie Orgel on the occasion of his 70th birthday, M. Eigen and F. Oehlenschlager, Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 5-6 (1997), 437-457.")
Interesting stuff, but seems more like devolution than evolution.
And I assume you have a clearcut way to establish the difference?
So you consider the transition from reptiles to mammals to be an example of devolution?
That doesn't sound like anything meaningful or relevant to me.
You might want to rephrase it so that it answers my question, or explain in more detail exactly what I'm missing.
Why, yes, I do. Thanks for asking. However, I'm withholding my answer until I get yours.