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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ignacio Colomer, Arseni Borissov, Stephen P. Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13903-x