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| Title |
Diversification of self-replicating molecules
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Chemistry, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1038/nchem.2419 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jan W. Sadownik, Elio Mattia, Piotr Nowak, Sijbren Otto |
| Abstract |
How new species emerge in nature is still incompletely understood and difficult to study directly. Self-replicating molecules provide a simple model that allows us to capture the fundamental processes that occur in species formation. We have been able to monitor in real time and at a molecular level the diversification of self-replicating molecules into two distinct sets that compete for two different building blocks ('food') and so capture an important aspect of the process by which species may arise. The results show that the second replicator set is a descendant of the first and that both sets are kinetic products that oppose the thermodynamic preference of the system. The sets occupy related but complementary food niches. As diversification into sets takes place on the timescale of weeks and can be investigated at the molecular level, this work opens up new opportunities for experimentally investigating the process through which species arise both in real time and with enhanced detail. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 57 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 14% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 7% |
| Canada | 3 | 5% |
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 21 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 31 | 54% |
| Scientists | 22 | 39% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 282 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 270 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 82 | 29% |
| Researcher | 41 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 39 | 14% |
| Unknown | 39 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 152 | 54% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 22 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 19 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 5% |
| Engineering | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 25 | 9% |
| Unknown | 42 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 125. 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 20 September 2020.
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