BiophysicsbioRxiv
Non-equilibrium conditions inside rock pores drive fission, maintenance and selection of coacervate protocells
A. Ianeselli, D. Tetiker, J. Stein…·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.
DOI 10.1038/s41557-021-00830-y