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Comparative Study
. 1981 May;68(5):217-28.
doi: 10.1007/BF01047323.

Transfer-RNA: the early adaptor

M Eigen, R Winkler-Oswatitsch
Comparative Study

Transfer-RNA: the early adaptor

M Eigen et al. Naturwissenschaften. 1981 May.

Abstract

Evolutionary history of tRNA is studied by comparative sequence analysis of two specified tRNA's at various phylogenetic levels and of tRNA families within four different species. Criteria are developed that allow 1) to distinguish between convergent and divergent evolution, 2) to determine the mechanism of divergence and 3) to estimate the degree of randomization of the variable parts of the sequences. The conclusion of these investigations is that tRNA's represent ancient molecules that existed in the form of a mutant distribution prior to their integration into genomes.

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