It has been suggested that multiplicity reactivation involving segmented RNA genomes may be similar to the earliest evolved form of sexual interaction in the RNA world that likely preceded the DNA world . ( Also see RNA world hypothesis .)
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As remembered by Luria ( 1984, pg . 97 ) the discovery of reactivation of irradiated phage ( referred to as " multiplicity reactivation " ) immediately started a flurry of activity in the study of repair of radiation damage within the early phage group ( reviewed by Bernstein in 1981 ).
