Competitive exclusion principle among synthetic non-biochemical protocells

Sai Krishna Katla, Chenyu Lin, Juan Pérez-Mercader

Cell Reports Physical Science VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4, 101359, APRIL 19, 2023

• One-pot synthesis of simple non-biochemical, but functional, protocell populations
• Two populations emerge, differing only in that one has an advantage for reproduction
• The populations compete for food in a shared environment, with one dying out
• Simple protocells display Darwin’s “struggle for existence” without biochemistry

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