>>12989315Also, technically the "random mutations" part is the whole biomolecular mechanism of evolution. It's not really that interesting in itself. Sometimes there are errors in transcription, then evolution causes this or that mutation to spread. The "mechanisms" are just like the various intensities of magnetic forces and other bonds that cause the transcription to happen correctly most of the time, causing some mutations to be more likely to occur in the first place. Where computational microbiology gets really interesting is when you see the mechanisms of normal functioning, so you get an idea of the consequences of small mutations: genes regulating gene expression, shared genes among different synthetic pathways, etc.
I guess what I'm saying is that evolution itself isn't proper to biology, any system with replication and errors has evolution.
Ok, actually, these videos is really interesting and is directly to your point: Jack Szostak from Harvard explains how life evolved out of nothing. Honestly the most interesting thing I have ever seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPGOhXoprU&t=12shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ5jh33OiOA 
