RNA evolutionary experiment (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

RNA evolutionary experiment

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RNA molecules were incubated in water-in-oil droplets at 37 degrees Celsius for 5 hours. The solution was then diluted to one-fifth the concentration using new droplets containing RNA-free nutrients, and stirred vigorously. When this process was repeated multiple times, mutations occurred.

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© modified from Mizuuchi 2022

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