Intermediary

... creation of one unless you get the right circumstances to make them come together in the right geometry). A gene is much more complex. What "intermediary steps" would some chemicals take to end up with the first and simplest of genes (maybe one from a virus or simpler)? Then there would ...

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... enzymes, which are not all available in equal amounts or work at equal efficiencies. You can overdose on acetaminophen because a liver-toxic intermediary accumulates at an enzyme bottleneck. The process is made worse if that bottleneck enzyme is also being utilized in alcohol detoxification. ...

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Don't RNA viruses still go through a DNA intermediary to make the RNA for new viruses? It seems like they'd pretty much have to. But I guess that still would be a replication pathway...

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... nature emerges in small, often apparently unremarkable, steps. Complex biological organisms have long been thought to develop through a series of intermediary evolutionary adaptations, rather than in single giant evolutionary leaps. Seeing every step along the way in an evolutionary sequence that ...

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... Direct precursor of adrenaline and thyroid hormones, it helps control depressions and anxiety, and acts as a growth hormone stimulant. Plays an intermediary role in the synthesis of the neurotransmitter Norepinephrine from Phenylalanine. Considered an antioxidant and appetite suppressant. Hope ...

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