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ArticleGenome biology and evolution2018

Uncovering the Genomic Origins of Life.

James A Lake, Joseph Larsen, Dan Thy Tran, Janet S Sinsheimer

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Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. A Place for Viruses on the Tree of Life.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

James A LakeMolecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Joseph LarsenMolecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Dan Thy TranMolecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Janet S SinsheimerHuman Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles.

Funding

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR GENE MAPPINGR01GM053275 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LANGE, KENNETH L · 1995 to 2019
$9.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Origin of Life Domain (OLD) is the period during which life on Earth began. Here, we derive and use a new phylogenetic algorithm to analyze Protein Families in order to reconstruct the chronological steps by which the OLD evolved. During this period, life began with the appearance of the fundamental components of life such as RNAs, DNAs, amino acids, and membranes. Chronologically, the Origin of Life preceded the Last Universal Common Ancestor, which then subsequently engendered modern life on Earth. Our phylogenetic algorithm allows us to explicitly answer previously unknown origin of life questions. Specifically, we explain and illustrate our computational methods by reconstructing the rings describing the evolution of the RNA and DNA worlds. We phylogenetically reconstruct how the RNA and DNA worlds evolved, infer the origins and chronological order of appearance of the first genetic codes, test whether the Ribosomal RNA world preceded the Membrane world, and interpret these new findings with respect to the experimental and theoretical origin of life studies by others.

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Evolution, MolecularGenetic CodeGenomeOrigin of LifeDNAGenomicsPhylogenyRNADNARNA

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PMID29947758
PMCPMC6047450

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