“…Inspired by the gene-centred views of evolution popularized by George Williams[7] and Richard Dawkins,[8] two papers were published back-to-back in Nature in 1980—by Leslie Orgel and Francis Crick[9] and Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza[10] respectively—introducing the concept of selfish genetic elements (at the time called “selfish DNA”) to the wider scientific community. …”
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“…“To postulate one fortuitously catalyzed reaction, perhaps catalyzed by a metal ion, might be reasonable, but to postulate a suite of them is to appeal to magic.” —Leslie Orgel…”
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