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An extracellular Darwinian experiment with a self-duplicating nucleic acid molecule.
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“The functional sequence was lost by the fourth serial transfer. The sequence population was evolved to be mere fifth of the length of the original sequence but it was replicated 15 times faster [72].”
From Ecology and Evolution in the RNA World Dynamics and Stability of Prebiotic Replicator Systems (2017) · cites this paper as [72]
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“Functional sequences are usually long and their shorter mutants replicate faster, as demonstrated in Spiegelman’s experiment [72,73]”
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“The outcome of the selection experiments was the shortening of the RNA sequence, as shorter sequences could be replicated faster.”
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“But even with exponential replicators, Darwinian evolution does not necessarily lead to complexification and the spontaneous emergence of new function, as the Spiegelman experiments made painfully clear [3].”
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“Since shorter sequences are being replicated at a higher rate than longer sequences, shortened mutants are favored over longer sequences.”
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“This eventually led to a strong decrease in the genome size of the RNA molecules.”
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Self-citationTHE SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF INFORMATIONAL RNA IN BACTERIA
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Self-citationThe synthesis of a self-propagating and infectious nucleic acid with a purified enzyme.
Spiegelman, S., Haruna, I., Holland, I. B., Beaudreau, G. S., & Mills, D. C. B. (1965) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.54.3.919 · Cited by 188
Self-citationAN RNA „REPLICASE” INDUCED BY AND SELECTIVE FOR A VIRAL RNA: ISOLATION AND PROPERTIES
Haruna, I., Nozu, K., Ohtaka, Y., & Spiegelman, S. (1963) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.50.5.905 · Cited by 155
Self-citationOverby, L. R., Barlow, G. H., Doi, R. H., Jacob, M., & Spiegelman, S. (1966) · Journal of Bacteriology · doi:10.1128/jb.91.1.442-448.1966 · Cited by 143
Self-citationAutocatalytic Synthesis of a Viral RNA in vitro
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Self-citationRecognition of size and sequence by an RNA replicase.
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Self-citationIn Vitro Synthesis of an Infectious Mutant RNA with a Normal RNA Replicase
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mills, D. R., Peterson, R. L., & Spiegelman, S.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1967-07
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 217-224
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC335620
- OpenAlex
- W2112864600
- Cited by
- 648
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 11.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Profiles in Science (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Keywords
- Darwinian evolution, in vitro evolution, RNA self-replication, origin of life
- MeSH terms
- Coliphages, Electrophoresis, Biological Evolution, Kinetics, Molecular Weight, Phosphorus Isotopes, RNA, Viral, Ultracentrifugation
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