BCH 463 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chemical Evolution, Archaea, Cell Theory
21 Oct 2016
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I answered all philosophical related questions from last year"s exam. I used the book for some, and my notes for other. I also recorded the lectures, so most of my answers are what he said word for word. I did not answer all of the questions from last year"s exam because a few questions were not mentioned by the prof. What is rna world: rna is a self replicating, self catalyzing molecule from where life originated. It has functions that are specific: recognition and binding specifically bind and recognize other sequences, catalysis- catalyzes the recombination of nucleic acids, can synthesize the formation of peptide bonds, can synthesize the formation of peptide bonds. * if rna was not only catalytic but if it could not catalyze the recombination between other nucleic acid molecules, the concept of rna world could not work.
