title: Polynucleotide evolution, hypercycles and the origin of the genetic code.
abstract: Experiments on polynucleotide replication are described within the frame of a kinetic theory of molecular evolution. Four principles of early evolution are discussed and illustrated by means of a model for the origin of translation.
authors.affiliation: Institut fur Theoretische Chemie und Strahlenchemie Universitat Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schuster
mesh_terms: D017908:Allolevivirus; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005815:Genetic Code; D009154:Mutation; D011119:Polynucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011777:Q beta Replicase / Q000737:chemistry*; D012367:RNA, Viral
chemical_list: D011119:Polynucleotides; D012367:RNA, Viral; D011777:Q beta Replicase