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- noun Plural form of
protocell .
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Examples
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Fox's "protocells" were "cell-like" only to the superficial extent that they were spherical, etc.
A Minimal Genome 2006
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Can the "protocells" that are "binged" into existence by zapping carbonaceous material with radiation successfully discriminate between helpful and harmful chemicals, a property of cell membranes that is "fundamental to life"?
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They began by experimenting on artificial "protocells".
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They still share common descent; not from a single organism, but from a community of highly interdependent protocells.
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But do you know how it was shown that model protocells can proceed through multiple cycles of reproduction or how RNA molecules became encapsulated to say nothing of their nucleotides being sequentially placed in biologically advantagous order?
Better Bubbles 2009
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Bradford, don't you know that protocells were far less complex and did not initially contain these modern cellular features?
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We show that model protocells can proceed through multiple cycles of reproduction.
Better Bubbles 2009
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The emergence of competition between model protocells.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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Exploring Lifes Origins has a timeline of lifes evolution with sliders, and pages on understanding the RNA world and building protocells, with a nice animation of protocell replication.
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Exploring Lifes Origins has a timeline of lifes evolution with sliders, and pages on understanding the RNA world and building protocells, with a nice animation of protocell replication.
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