protocell

Noun

Meaning

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protocell (plural protocells)

(biology) A self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical collection of phospholipids proposed as a stepping-stone to the origin of life

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Examples

A protocell that was haploid (one copy of each RNA gene) would be vulnerable to damage, since a single lesion in any RNA segment would be potentially lethal to the protocell (e.g. by blocking replication or inhibiting the function of an essential gene). Source: Internet

Its discoverer, Sidney W. Fox proposed the hypothesis that proteinoids were a precursor to the first living cells ( protocell ). Source: Internet

Vulnerability to damage could be reduced by maintaining two or more copies of each RNA segment in each protocell, i.e. by maintaining diploidy or polyploidy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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