The Importance of Stochastic Transitions for the Origin of Life

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Ribozyme-Catalyzed Transcription of an Active Ribozyme

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Effect of Stalling after Mismatches on the Error Catastrophe in Nonenzymatic Nucleic Acid Replication

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DNA Before Proteins? Recent Discoveries in Nucleic Acid Catalysis Strengthen the Case

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A Promiscuous Ribozyme Promotes Nucleotide Synthesis in Addition to Ribose Chemistry

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Generation of Long RNA Chains in Water

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

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Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions

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Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme

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Systems Chemistry on Ribozyme Self-Construction: Evidence for Anabolic Autocatalysis in a Recombination Network

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