R. Mizuuchi

Emergence of linkage between cooperative RNA replicators encoding replication and metabolic enzymes thorough experimental evolution

This study shows that cooperative RNA replicators can evolve into a linked RNA structure in cell-like compartments, supporting the emergence of a primitive chromosome from unlinked genes.

Plausible pathway for a host-parasite molecular replication network to increase its complexity through Darwinian evolution

The paper investigates how host-parasite RNA replication networks evolve complexity through coevolution, showing that adding parasitic replicators and resistant hosts leads to multi-replicator networks.

Evolutionary transition from a single RNA replicator to a multiple replicator network

This study shows that RNA replicators can evolve into a complex network of interacting lineages through Darwinian selection, supporting the emergence of life from simple replicators.