Tag: adenine
RNA World Is Sterile — And the Mystery of Life’s Origin Remains
It’s an uninhabited, inhospitable place where hopes die for life by chance.
The Mystery of Energy Metabolism
The energy problem overshadows it all. There’s a great sucking sound of ATP disappearing down the great Atlantic rift.
BioEssays Editor: “‘Junk’ DNA… Full of Information!” Including Genome-Sized “Genomic Code”
How many times have we heard it claimed that the vast majority of the human genome is “junk” and therefore could not have been designed?
An Extraterrestrial Spin on the RNA World
The authors argue that RNA molecules appeared in warm little ponds more than 4.17 billion years ago, transported by “meteorites and interplanetary dust particles.”