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“Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme”

by Andrew on Jan.15, 2009, under Microposts

Some very clever dudes at Scripps have demonstrated mutual self-replication of a pair of RNA enzymes. They observed evolution of more efficient enzymes, and recombination, providing a proof-of-concept for the RNA World hypothesis. Wired article here or original paper here (probably requires a subscription).

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