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Dividing Droplets Could Explain Life’s Origin

Feb 23, 2017 · 11 min · 13.9 MB
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Researchers have discovered that simple “chemically active” droplets grow to the size of cells and spontaneously divide, suggesting they might have evolved into the first living cells.

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