Issue 18, 2016
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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Self-replicating systems

Gregory Clixbya  and  Lance Twyman*a  

* Corresponding authors

a University of Sheffield, Department of Chemistry, Sheffield, Northern Ireland, UK
E-mail: l.j.twyman@sheffield.ac.uk

Abstract

Over the past 25 years, there has been a surge of development in research towards self-replication and self-replicating systems. The interest in these systems relates to one of the most fundamental questions posed in all fields of science – How did life on earth begin? Investigating how the self-replication process evolved may hold the key to understanding the emergence and evolution of living systems and, ultimately, gain a clear insight into the origin of life on earth. This introductory review aims to highlight the fundamental prerequisites of self-replication along with the important research that has been conducted over the past few decades.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6OB00280C
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
02 Feb 2016
Accepted
12 Apr 2016
First published
12 Apr 2016

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 4170-4184

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