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A natural ribozyme with 3′,5′ RNA ligase activity

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Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme

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Prebiotic replicase evolution in a surface-bound metabolic system: parasites as a source of adaptive evolution

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Originator dynamics

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