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Thematic Series

Origin and early evolution of life

Research    
One ancestor for two codes viewed from the perspective of two complementary modes of tRNA aminoacylation
Andrei S Rodin, Eörs Szathmáry, Sergei N Rodin
Biology Direct 2009, 4:4 (27 January 2009)
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Discovery notes    
A DNA topoisomerase IB in Thaumarchaeota testifies for the presence of this enzyme in the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eucarya
Céline Brochier-Armanet, Simonetta Gribaldo, Patrick Forterre
Biology Direct 2008, 3:54 (23 December 2008)
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Research    
Evidence from glycine transfer RNA of a frozen accident at the dawn of the genetic code
Harold S Bernhardt, Warren P Tate
Biology Direct 2008, 3:53 (17 December 2008)
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Hypothesis    
An extension of the coevolution theory of the origin of the genetic code
Massimo Di Giulio
Biology Direct 2008, 3:37 (5 September 2008)
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Research    
The evolution of strand preference in simulated RNA replicators with strand displacement: Implications for the origin of transcription
Nobuto Takeuchi, Laura Salazar, Anthony M Poole, Paulien Hogeweg
Biology Direct 2008, 3:33 (11 August 2008)
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Research    
The Last Universal Common Ancestor: emergence, constitution and genetic legacy of an elusive forerunner
Nicolas Glansdorff, Ying Xu, Bernard Labedan
Biology Direct 2008, 3:29 (9 July 2008)
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