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- noun biology A
hypothetical precursor tolife onEarth in which RNA acted both as aninformation -storage molecule and as acatalyst
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Examples
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The efficiency and versatility of catalytic RNA: Implications for an RNA world.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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As scientists gather around this origin model, other scientists are focusing on how the lifeless chemistry of a pre-biotic Earth gave rise to a RNA world.
National Geographic's Top 25 unanswered science questions Denyse O 2005
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