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| Title |
Circularity and self-cleavage as a strategy for the emergence of a chromosome in the RNA-based protocell
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| Published in |
Biology Direct, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-8-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Wentao Ma, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang |
| Abstract |
It is now popularly accepted that an "RNA world" existed in early evolution. During division of RNA-based protocells, random distribution of individual genes (simultaneously as ribozymes) between offspring might have resulted in gene loss, especially when the number of gene types increased. Therefore, the emergence of a chromosome carrying linked genes was critical for the prosperity of the RNA world. However, there were quite a few immediate difficulties for this event to occur. For example, a chromosome would be much longer than individual genes, and thus more likely to degrade and less likely to replicate completely; the copying of the chromosome might start at middle sites and be only partial; and, without a complex transcription mechanism, the synthesis of distinct ribozymes would become problematic. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 33 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 30 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 30% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 27% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 15% |
| Professor | 4 | 12% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 2 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 55% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 21% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 3 | 9% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2013.
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