In Research Article (e18911), Tamás A. Martinek and co-workers illustrate chemical evolution as an intermediate step that connects chemical reaction networks to the emergence of biologically relevant evolutionary behavior. The system includes a protein catalyst that accelerates light-driven replication and competitive selection among primitive peptidic replicators. The mechanism provides a possible explanation of how simple chemical autocatalytic processes can lead to external energy-driven selection and complexity.
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