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Primordial sex facilitates the emergence of evolution
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| Zeitschriftentitel: | Journal of The Royal Society Interface |
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| Personen und Körperschaften: | , , , |
| In: | Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15, 2018, 139, S. 20180003 |
| Format: | E-Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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The Royal Society
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| Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p> Compartments are ubiquitous throughout biology, and they have very likely played a crucial role at the origin of life. Here we assume that a protocell, which is a compartment enclosing functional components, requires <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> such components in order to be evolvable. We calculate the timescale in which a minimal evolvable protocell is produced. We show that when protocells fuse and share information, the timescales polynomially in <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> . By contrast, in the absence of fusion, the worst-case scenario is exponential in <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> . We discuss the implications of this result for the origin of life and other biological processes. </jats:p> |
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| Umfang: | 20180003 |
| ISSN: |
1742-5689
1742-5662 |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rsif.2018.0003 |