Decades

... evidence to the contrary. You seem very concerned about the latest research, but the fact is that we've known about these beneficial mutations for decades. The latest research is way beyond that, investigating the details of how often these mutations occur, what other effects they have on the bacteria, ...

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You want a simple answer to a very hard question that hasn't being properly answered in decades? If you want to speculate, just think of a liposome (bilayer of lipids), with some RNA and nucleotides inside. Just for your info, ATP is RNA. Give it time (billions of years), ...

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For nearly six decades now, biologists have been promoting molecular gene (DNA) as the blueprint of life. The world now believes that it is a chemical molecule that decides the phenotype, development, heritable traits and behaviour ...

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... an obvious disease. Example would be herpes zoster remaining in he host in absence of apparent diease after chickenpox establishing shnigles decades later. Folks have also referred to initial HIV infection of lymphocytes by such terms. I'm not aware of a term of art for an infective virus ...

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... of the experiment performed in 1958 in which Miller used carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide gas in the mixture. It was "lost" for decades because, for unknown reasons, Miller never reported his analysis of the results. Stanley mentioned to several of us that he hated working with ...

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