Complexity through Recombination: From Chemistry to Biology

Quasispecies-like behavior observed in catalytic RNA populations evolving in a test tube

(2010) Carolina Diaz Arenas et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

IS LIFE IMPOSSIBLE? INFORMATION, SEX, AND THE ORIGIN OF COMPLEX ORGANISMS

(2010) Joel R. Peck et al.   EVOLUTION

Closing the Circle: Replicating RNA with RNA

(2010) L. K. L. Cheng et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Origin of Self-Replicating Biopolymers: Autocatalytic Feedback Can Jump-Start the RNA World

(2009) Meng Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The dawn of the RNA World: Toward functional complexity through ligation of random RNA oligomers

(2009) C. Briones et al.   RNA

Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Core of an RNA-Polymerase Ribozyme

(2009) D. M. Shechner et al.   SCIENCE

Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme

(2009) T. A. Lincoln et al.   SCIENCE

A Recombination-Based Model for the Origin and Early Evolution of Genetic Information

(2008) Niles Lehman   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

Metal-ion catalyzed polymerization in the eutectic phase in water–ice: A possible approach to template-directed RNA polymerization

(2008) Pierre-Alain Monnard et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

The effect of recombination on the neutral evolution of genetic robustness

(2008) Gergely J. Szöllősi et al.   MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES