ARTIFICIAL POLYMERS EVOLVE. “We also select XNA aptamers, which bind their targets with high affinity and specificity, demonstrating that beyond heredity, specific XNAs have the capacity for Darwinian evolution and folding into defined structures. Thus, heredity and evolution, two hallmarks of life, are not limited to DNA and RNA but are likely to be emergent properties of polymers capable of information storage.” (XDNA = xeno-nucleic acids).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022