protocell

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Etymology edit

proto- +‎ cell

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protocell

protocell (plural protocells)

(biology) A self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical collection of phospholipids proposed as a stepping-stone to the origin of life

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stepping-stone to the origin of life

Finnish: esisolu

See also edit

protobiont

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