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The RNA thing is more about what was the first storage of genetic heritable information, I don't know anyone in academia who imagines some kind of RNA world whe
by Ultimatt 4y ago
The RNA thing is more about what was the first storage of genetic heritable information, I don't know anyone in academia who imagines some kind of RNA world where auto catalytic networks weren't established first or alongside... So yes? You're creating a weird straw man argument for yourself. No one doesn't agree with you. That doesn't take away from the idea of stored information being in RNA before say DNA as it is today. Some of the more fun theories I've seen also focus around the ribosome as the original primary replicator rather than cells. With cells being the evolutionary consequence of ribosomes improving their efficiency.
- greenbit 4y agoMaybe it's the sources I look at, which unfortunately tend to be journalistic rather than scientific. So I encounter something like 10x as many items about RNA/DNA for every one about abiogenesis that focuses on something else.