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The most significant aspect of self-assembly from the point of view of molecular and chromosomal evolution is that the ordered aggregation of molecules, macromolecules and supramolecular systems takes place independently of external information. Enzymes, ribosomes and viruses can self-assemble due to the properties inherent to their structures. Cell membranes also possess this capacity. Phospholipid molecules contain within themselves the necessary information to assemble into bilayer systems in the absence of other sources. The amino acid sequences which build polypeptide chains also carry inherent information (Stryer 1981; Golan et al. 2005).
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Lima-de-Faria, A. (2014). Self-Assembly: The Primary Source of Coherence. In: Molecular Origins of Brain and Body Geometry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06056-9_17
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