Inosine and the Origin of Life

[Oxytropidoceras]

Inosine could be a potential route to the first RNA and the 

origin of life on Earth Harvard University, December 3, 2018,

https://phys.org/news/2018-12-inosine-potential-route-rna-life.html

 

The paper is:

 

Seohyun Chris Kim, Derek K. O’Flaherty, Lijun Zhou, Victor S. 

Lelyveld, and Jack W. Szostak, 2018, Inosine, but none of the 

8-oxo-purines, is a plausible component of a primordial 

version of RNA. PNAS published ahead of print December 3, 2018 

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814367115

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[doushantuo]

Thx,Paul

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Thanks for sharing Paul  

This is also another interesting perspective (published a few months ago) about the origins of RNA

Cafferty et al. 2018: RNA Self-assembly hypothesis.pdf

 

-Christian