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Generalising the Central Dogma as a cross-hierarchical principle of biology
Nobuto Takeuchi, Kunihiko Kaneko
The Central Dogma of molecular biology, as originally proposed by Crick, asserts that information passed into protein cannot flow back out. This principle has been interpreted as u…
Error Catastrophe Can Be Avoided by Proofreading Innate to Template-Directed Polymerization
Yoshiya J. Matsubara, Nobuto Takeuchi, Kunihiko Kaneko
An important issue for the origins of life is ensuring the accurate maintenance of information in replicating polymers in the face of inevitable errors. Here, we investigated how t…
A scaling law of multilevel evolution: how the balance between within- and among-collective evolution is determined
Nobuto Takeuchi, Namiko Mitarai, Kunihiko Kaneko
Numerous living systems are hierarchically organised, whereby replicating components are grouped into reproducing collectives -- e.g., organelles are grouped into cells, and cells…
Horizontal transfer between loose compartments stabilizes replication of fragmented ribozymes
Atsushi Kamimura, Yoshiya J. Matsubara, Kunihiko Kaneko +1
The emergence of replicases that can replicate themselves is a central issue in the origin of life. Recent experiments suggest that such replicases can be realized if an RNA polyme…
Stronger selection can slow down evolution driven by recombination on a smooth fitness landscape
Masahiko Ueda, Nobuto Takeuchi, Kunihiko Kaneko
Stronger selection implies faster evolution---that is, the greater the force, the faster the change. This apparently self-evident proposition, however, is derived under the assumpt…