As a chemist, I wanted to ask myself the question…
“As a chemist, I wanted to ask myself the question frustrated by biology: What is the minimal unit of matter that can undergo Darwinian evolution?”
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The smallest unit capable of evolution is a fundamental question linking chemistry and biology.
In simple terms: What is the minimal evolvable unit?
Explore origins of life.
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- How can minimal units be identified?
- What implications does this have for synthetic biology?
Defining a unit may oversimplify complex systems.