Gianluca Peri

Group I Introns as Catalytic RNA Models to Investigate the Origin of Life and to Explore the Drivers of Evolution in the RNA World

The RNA World is the theory that life on Earth originated as RNA molecules able to both carry genetic information and catalyze enzymatic activities, without the need of DNA nor proteins. Abundant evidence supports that RNA preceded the emergence of DNA and proteins, the most notable being that both DNA replication and...