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Molecular Replication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Leslie E. Orgel F.R.S.
Leslie E. Orgel F.R.S.*
Affiliation:
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA

Abstract

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The replication of DNA is the process by means of which genetic information is passed from one generation to the next in all living organisms. It is widely believed that a similar process must have become important early in the development of life on the Earth, either before or at the same time as the evolution of protein synthesis. The evolution of any life-form based on familiar chemistry would seem to require the early appearance of some type of residue-by-residue replication, although it might be very different in detail from the one we know.

Type
Section IV. Universal Aspects of Biological Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 112: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments , 1985 , pp. 199 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985