Selection from a pool of self-assembling lipid replicators
Selection in compartmentalized self-replicating systems might provide a way for life to arise from abiotic environments. Here, the authors explore selection in a system of transient autocatalytic lipids and find that autocatalytic kinetics and phase separation are the key selection factors.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-01-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13903-x |