Non-equilibrium conditions inside rock pores drive fission, maintenance and selection of coacervate protocells
A. Ianeselli, D. Tetiker, J. Stein, A. Kuehnlein, C. Mast, D. Braun, T.-Y. D. Tang
This study shows gas bubbles in heated rock pores drive the growth, fusion, division, and selection of coacervate microdroplets, simulating early evolutionary processes of protocells.
bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2021Biophysics