The Origin of Life: Natural Selection Started Before Life Did
August 4, 2018
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as posted by the channelHow did natural selection begin? What was the origin of competition between cells? Explore the origin of life from chemistry to biology in this animated science video on abiogenesis. In this episode, we'll explore how natural selection evolves and how cell competition got started on the early earth.
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3D animation credit: Janet Iwasa - Harvard University
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• Chen IA, Roberts RW, Szostak JW The emergence of competition between model protocells
• Itay Budin, Szostak JW Physical effects underlying the transition from primitive to modern cell membranes
• Ting Zhu, Szostak JW Coupled growth and division of model protocell membranes
• Pier Luigi Luisi, Peter Walde & Thomas Oberholzer- Lipid vesicles as possible intermediates in the origin of life:
• Concentration Gradients Explained
• Electrical Gradient Explained
• Jack Szostak (Harvard/HHMI) Part 2 Protocell Membranes
• Itay Budin How do we study the origin of life in the lab?
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