Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary; Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Parmenides Foundation, Pöcking, Germany.
Trends Genet. 2023 Oct;39(10):719-720. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.06.011. Epub 2023 Jul 7.
Protocells (dividing supramolecular vesicles harboring unlinked genetic replicators) are thought to have played an important role in the origin and early evolution of life. Under what scenario did such reproducers come into play? New work by Babajanyan et al. provides theoretical insight into the symbiosis between replicators and reproducing compartments.
原核细胞(包含未连接遗传复制子的超分子囊泡)被认为在生命的起源和早期进化中发挥了重要作用。在什么情况下会出现这样的繁殖体?巴巴扬扬等人的新工作为复制子和复制隔间之间的共生关系提供了理论上的见解。