Rainwater Sparked the Evolution of Early RNA into Protocells, New Study

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Rainwater Sparked the Evolution of Early RNA into Protocells, New Study

A recent study suggests that rainwater may have played a crucial role in the evolution of early RNA structures into protocells by forming protective barriers around them, facilitating their progression into more complex life forms.A key question in the origin of life is how free-floating RNA molecules in the primordial soup transitioned into the membrane-bound structures that we now recognize as cells.Researchers from the University of Chicago’s…