One Tiny Chemical Difference in RNA Could Help Explain the Origins of Life

<a href="https://scitechdaily.com/one-tiny-chemical-difference-in-rna-could-help-explain-the-origins-of-life/" title="One Tiny Chemical Difference in RNA Could Help Explain the Origins of Life" rel="nofollow"><img width="777" height="518" src="https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-777x518.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="RNA Epigenetics" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-777x518.jpg 777w, https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-400x267.jpg 400w, https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-768x512.jpg 768w, https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-150x100.jpg 150w, https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-450x300.jpg 450w, https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://scitechdaily.com/images/RNA-Epigenetics.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px" /></a>A tiny chemical difference makes RNA better than DNA at forming liquid-like droplets under high temperatures and acidic conditions. One of the biggest puzzles in origin of life research comes before the first cells even existed: How could RNA molecules gather in one place, interact, and help produce early life without cellular compartments to hold [...]