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Origin of Life: Protocells Red in Tooth and Claw.

Abstract

To study the origin of life, synthetic biologists construct simple 'protocells', but previous models were not able to reproduce both genome and membrane sustainably. A recent advance feeds the protocells by vesicle fusion, suggesting a practical pathway for indefinite self-reproduction.

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