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From: On the origin of the translation system and the genetic code in the RNA world by means of natural selection, exaptation, and subfunctionalization

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The Eigen threshold for replication fidelity. Fitness could potentially increase with the increase of the genome size and replication fidelity. However, exceeding the genome size limit, imposed by the fidelity that is attainable at the given point in evolution, leads to the "Error Catastrophe" [3], illustrated here as the "Eigen Cliff".

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