Re: Modeling the origins of life: New evidence for an 'RNA World'

On 3/11/24 12:24 PM, Richmond wrote:

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Darwin didn't know about genes, but then his book was published before
Mendel, so you can't really blame him for that. As for rejecting
evolution, well the last line in 'The Origin of Species' is:
 ", from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
 I demand accuracy.

As I recall, Darwin published _Origin of Species_ after Mendel's work with genes, but well before Mendel's work became widely known.
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