When scientists think about the replication of information in chemistry, they usually have in mind something akin to what happens in living organisms when DNA gets copied: a double-stranded molecule that contains sequence information makes two new copies of the molecule. But researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have now shown that a different mechanism can also be used to copy sequence information.
Read more on this fascinating topic within the original publication:
Rebecca Schulmana, Bernard Yurke, and Erik Winfreed: Robust self-replication of combinatorial information via crystal growth and scission. PNAS April 24, 2012 vol. 109 no. 17 6405-6410
or within the press release by Caltech
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Keywords : Bernard Yurke Caltech Chemistry Crystalization Erik Winfreed PNAS Rebecca Schulmana Sequencing
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