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Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017 Conceiving the process of biogenesis as the evolutionary development of highly dynamic and integrated protocell populations provides the most appropriate framework to address the difficult problem of how prebiotic chemistry bridged the gap to full ...
Ben Shirt-Ediss +2 more
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Life, 2014 For reconstruction of controlled cell division in a minimal cell model, or protocell, a positioning mechanism that spatially regulates division is indispensable.
Simon Kretschmer, Petra Schwille
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Autonomous model protocell division driven by molecular replication [PDF]
, 2017 The coupling of compartmentalisation with molecular replication is thought to be crucial for the emergence of the first evolvable chemical systems. Minimal artificial replicators have been designed based on molecular recognition, inspired by the template
Cronin, L. +4 more
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On the Growth Rate of Non-Enzymatic Molecular Replicators
Entropy, 2011 It is well known that non-enzymatic template directed molecular replicators X + nO -> 2X exhibit parabolic growth d[X]/dt -> k[X]1/2. Here, we analyze the dependence of the effective replication rate constant k on hybridization energies ...
Harold Fellermann, Steen Rasmussen
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Life, 2017 One of the key steps in the origins of life was the formation of a membrane to separate protocells from their environment. These membranes are proposed to have been formed out of single chain amphiphiles, which are less stable than the dialkyl lipids ...
Sarah Maurer
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The Effect of Environment on the Evolution and Proliferation of Protocells of Increasing Complexity
Life, 2022 The formation, growth, division and proliferation of protocells containing RNA strands is an important step in ensuring the viability of a mixed RNA–lipid world.
Suvam Roy, Supratim Sengupta
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Angewandte Chemie, Volume 138, Issue 17, 20 April 2026.This study explores the origins of life by linking prebiotic chemistry, the emergence of information‐carrying molecules such as RNA and proteins, and philosophical questions about consciousness. The study emphasizes the role of molecular evolution in the Central Dogma and provides insights into the chemical origins of biology and the basis of life's ...
Harald Schwalbe +5 more
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Life, 2021 Metal ions strongly affect the self-assembly and stability of membranes composed of prebiotically relevant amphiphiles (protoamphiphiles). Therefore, evaluating the behavior of such amphiphiles in the presence of ions is a crucial step towards assessing ...
Manesh Prakash Joshi +3 more
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Origin of Species before Origin of Life: The Role of Speciation in Chemical Evolution
Life, 2021 Speciation, an evolutionary process by which new species form, is ultimately responsible for the incredible biodiversity that we observe on Earth every day.
Tony Z. Jia +2 more
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SURFACE-REACTION MODELS OF PROTOCELLS
BIOMAT 2006, 2007 We present a class of models aiming to describe generic protocells hypotheses, improving a model introduced elsewhere[13]. These models, inspired by the 'Los Alamos bug' hypothesis, are composed by two coupled subsystems: a self-replicating molecule-SRM- and a lipid container.
SERRA, Roberto, T. CARLETTI, I. POLI
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