Life’s Origins: The Bootstrap Problem

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Could life’s instructions exist without ever being made? This question raises what is called a bootstrap problem. It describes information that is copied and passed on even though it has no first source. A recent RNA study shows why this remains a key problem for ideas about the origin of life.

Modern cells store instructions in DNA. Proteins help read, copy, and repair those instructions.

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