'The Origins of Life' (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

'The Origins of Life'

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The front cover of "The Origins of Life" shows a model of a simple protocell, consisting of a fatty acid-based membrane encapsulating nucleic acid molecules that constitute the protocell's genome. The small molecules represent the nucleotide building blocks of the nucleic acid polymers, which are illustrated at various stages of replication.

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