An alternative scenario is presented in which life started with the appearance …

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• Background
• The 'dsRNA first' hypothesis
• Testing the design-by-contract methodology: a mechanism for double-stranded origin of the genome
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- Modelling evolution on design-by-contract predicts an origin of Life through an abiotic double-stranded RNA world

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