The Coevolution of Cellularity and Metabolism Following the Origin of Life

Abstract The emergence of cellular organisms occurred sometime between the origin of life and the evolution of the last universal common ancestor and represents one of the major transitions in evolutionary history. Here we describe a series of artificial life simulations that reveal a c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Takagi, Yuta A, Nguyen, Diep H, Wexler, Tom B, Goldman, Aaron D
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131590