Chemical Ecosystem Selection on Mineral Surfaces Reveals Long-Term Dynamics Consistent with the Spontaneous Emergence of Mutual Catalysis
How did chemicals first become organized into systems capable of self-propagation and adaptive evolution? One possibility is that the first evolvers were chemical ecosystems localized on mineral surfaces and composed of sets of molecular species that could catalyze each other’s formation....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Life |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/4/80 |