Basics of Evolution (Evolution)
by David Turell 
, Saturday, January 02, 2016, 19:40 (3246 days ago) @ romansh
Romansh: Here is a question ... what are the chances of a smaller replicator occurring? > Say a chain of 30 amino acids. > > And if it does form what are the chances of complexity increasing after that? > > and dhw ... all three are required for evolution to occur. > I am not sure how good the fidelity is required for the replication, but it is sure very high in what we describe as life.-To my knowledge of the studies the small replicators are reproducing with fidelity in the high 90's%, for up to 2oo generations, but these are made in the labs after computer studies of trillions of possible molecules. This will not make life with the necessary fidelity. And finally short replicators are not seen in current life. Is ancient life so different? We will never know.
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