Tag: error catastrophe
Another Headache for the RNA World Theory
Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate.
NYU Scientists Confuse Artificial Selection with Darwinism
It should be obvious: if you are controlling the mutations and selecting the outcomes, you are not doing Darwinism.
More Hints of Order in the Genome
Genomics has come a long way since the central dogma and junk DNA. If you expect to find reasons for things, you often do find them.
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.
Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show
We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.”