Glimpses Of Earliest Forms Of Life On Earth: Remnant Of Ancient 'RNA World' Discovered
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 14:28
in Biology & Nature
Some bacterial cells can swim, morph into new forms and even become dangerously virulent -- all without initial involvement of DNA. Researchers describe how bacteria accomplish this amazing feat in the journal Science -- and in doing so provide a glimpse of what the earliest forms of life on Earth may have looked like.