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January 08, 2015

Evolution of life driven by the selfish ribosome
Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2015
Since the discovery of how DNA encodes genetic information, most research on the evolution of life has focused on genes. According to the "selfish gene" theory, cells and organisms exist simply as packages to protect and transmit genes. New research challenges this idea, proposing instead that if anything is "selfish" it must be the ribosome. That up-ends everything we think we know about the evolution of life and, in fact, the function of ribosomes themselves. What came first in the evolution of ... read more

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