by Charlotte Hsu,University at Buffalo Like stars in the night, liquid droplets of RNA (the bright green spheres) float in a solution containing high concentrations of divalent magnesium cations. The droplets are imaged through confocal fluorescence microscopy. Credit: P. Onuchic, A. Milin, I. A...
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Therefore, any biolike structures (such as Oparin’s coacervates, Fox’s microspheres, liposomes, fatty acid vesicles and others) that do not possess a genetic system of their own are not to be considered as living organisms. What should the nature of a living organism be like? Many ...