Energy-harnessing problem solving of primordial life: Modeling the emergence of catalytic host-nested parasite life cycles.

All life forms on earth ultimately descended from a primordial population dubbed the last universal common ancestor or LUCA via Darwinian evolution. Extant living systems share two salient functional features, a metabolism extracting and transforming energy required for survival, and an evolvable, i...

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Main Authors: Bernard Conrad, Christian Iseli, Magnus Pirovino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281661