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A Recipe to Evolve Complex Life Chemically on Earth.

Lei Lei, Zachary Frome Burton

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Review in Genes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lei LeiSchool of Biological Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, ME 04005, USA.
Zachary Frome BurtonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1065-5222

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sequences of tRNAs are highly patterned in easily identifiable RNA repeats and RNA inverted repeats (stem-loop-stems). Because of patterning, the multi-step evolution of tRNA can be described in remarkable detail. To evolve life on Earth or another planet or the moon requires the evolution of tRNA or a tRNA-like molecule to act as a genetic adapter. To replace tRNA with an alternate or improved genetic adapter is a remarkably challenging problem, indicating strong chemical selection of tRNA precursors in pre-life. The genetic code, translation systems, and first proteins coevolved with tRNAomes (all of the tRNAs of an organism). Because the tRNA sequence can be separated into component parts, a simple pathway for chemical evolution of life and genetic coding can be described in sufficient detail to allow the assembly of a living entity in laboratories.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularDatabases, Nucleic AcidEarth, PlanetHumansNucleic Acid ConformationOrigin of LifeRNA, TransferRNA, Transferabiogenesisastrobiologyevolution of the genetic codeorigin of lifepolyglycineprotocellstRNA

Identifiers

PMID41153353
PMCPMC12562969

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