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    The origin of heredity in protocells

    Timothy West, Victor Sojo, Andrew Pomiankowski, Nick Lane
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2017 372 20160419; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0419. Published 23 October 2017
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    Sex in a test tube: testing the benefits of in vitro recombination

    Diego Pesce, Niles Lehman, J. Arjan G. M. de Visser
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2016 371 20150529; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0529. Published 12 September 2016
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    The inevitable journey to being

    Michael J. Russell, Wolfgang Nitschke, Elbert Branscomb
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2013 368 20120254; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0254. Published 10 June 2013
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    Beating the acetyl coenzyme A-pathway to the origin of life

    Wolfgang Nitschke, Michael J. Russell
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2013 368 20120258; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0258. Published 10 June 2013
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    Energy, genes and evolution: introduction to an evolutionary synthesis

    Nick Lane, William F. Martin, John A. Raven, John F. Allen
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2013 368 20120253; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0253. Published 10 June 2013
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    Early bioenergetic evolution

    Filipa L. Sousa, Thorsten Thiergart, Giddy Landan, Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, InĂªs A. C. Pereira, John F. Allen, Nick Lane, William F. Martin
    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2013 368 20130088; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0088. Published 10 June 2013
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