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Experimental approaches are described on vesicle systems which host a chemical reaction within the bilayer boundary of the vesicles; this chemical reaction converts substrate molecules into the components of the boundary, leading eventually to an increase of the boundary interphase and eventually to a reproduction of the vesicles. Since reproduction takes place within the structure, the criteria of autopoietic self-reproduction are met. The experiments involve vesicle systems composed of fatty acids, namely oleic acid at pH 9 and octanoic acid at pH 7.
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Walde, P. (1994). Self-Reproducing Vesicles. In: Fleischaker, G.R., Colonna, S., Luisi, P.L. (eds) Self-Production of Supramolecular Structures. NATO ASI Series, vol 446. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0754-9_17
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