Clixby Gregory, Twyman Lance
University of Sheffield, Department of Chemistry, Sheffield, Northern Ireland, UK.
Org Biomol Chem. 2016 May 4;14(18):4170-84. doi: 10.1039/c6ob00280c.
Over the past 25 years, there has been a surge of development in research towards self-replication and self-replicating systems. The interest in these systems relates to one of the most fundamental questions posed in all fields of science - How did life on earth begin? Investigating how the self-replication process evolved may hold the key to understanding the emergence and evolution of living systems and, ultimately, gain a clear insight into the origin of life on earth. This introductory review aims to highlight the fundamental prerequisites of self-replication along with the important research that has been conducted over the past few decades.
在过去25年里，对自我复制及自我复制系统的研究出现了迅猛发展。对这些系统的兴趣涉及到所有科学领域中提出的最基本问题之一——地球上的生命是如何起源的？研究自我复制过程是如何演化的，可能是理解生命系统的出现和演化的关键，最终有助于深入了解地球上生命的起源。这篇综述旨在强调自我复制的基本前提条件以及过去几十年来所开展的重要研究。
