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A Rational Approach to the Origin of Life: From Amphiphilic Molecules to Protocells. Some Plausible Solutions, and Some Real Problems

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Self-organisation of amphiphiles in water into closed vesicles leads automatically to self-complexification into “protocells”. However, some real problems are usually not even mentioned in the various theories of the origin of Life. The present discussion is a follow up of our initial publications (Ourisson and Nakatani, 1994, 1999; see Maddox, 1994)

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Ourisson, G., Nakatani, Y. (2005). A Rational Approach to the Origin of Life: From Amphiphilic Molecules to Protocells. Some Plausible Solutions, and Some Real Problems. In: Gargaud, M., Barbier, B., Martin, H., Reisse, J. (eds) Lectures in Astrobiology. Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10913406_12

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