Campbell Biology (11th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13409-341-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-13409-341-3

Chapter 25 - 25.1 - Concept Check - Page 526: 2

Answer

Protocells are important because they provide several key qualities of life including a lipid bilayer, self-replication, and the ability to perform metabolic activity.

Work Step by Step

This question is asking you to see a key step after what happens as described in the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis and before true cells appear. See pp. 521-522.
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