Life relies on a complex dance of chemical reactions inside cells. These reactions require a variety of different molecules. A molecule that can perform multiple functions (like RNA) could have been extremely useful in the early stages of life's development, and at a time when the huge variety of biological molecules we see today had yet to evolve.
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More information: "Spontaneous Prebiotic Formation of a β-Ribofuranoside That Self-Assembles with a Complementary Heterocycle." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (15), pp 5640–5646 DOI: 10.1021/ja410124v
Journal reference: Journal of the American Chemical Society
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