
Originally Posted by
Cantero
Sorry for a reply this late... but this is something interesting... according to PatrickForterre's investigation ( News Feature: Nature, Vol 439, Jan 12, 2006, page 130 --- Full Article: Biochimie, vol 87, 2005, pags 793 - 803) found another hypothesis... that DNA was created by viruses during the RNA World, in order to surpass the RNA defenses of the cells back then... and since DNA was a more stable molecula than RNA, cells finally incorporated it into them. Love that theory... :P