OoL digest — September 5 edition
This week we have 3 preprints and 3 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)– Carr et al. – preprint
Biochemistry
Reconstitution of ribosome self-replication outside a living cell – Kosaka et al. – preprint
Bifurcation in cellular evolution – Radillo-Ochoa et al. – preprint
The intertwined physics of active chemical reactions and phase separation – Zwicker – Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
Mathematical Biology
A PDE Model for Protocell Evolution and the Origin of Chromosomes via Multilevel Selection – Cooney et al. – Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Microbiology
Repeat sequences limit the effectiveness of lateral gene transfer and favored the evolution of meiotic sex in early eukaryotes – Colnaghi et al. – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences