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Successful retracement in the laboratory under terrestrial conditions of synthesis of the first cell from progenitor thermal protein has been recorded (Fox et al., 1995; Enger and Ross, 1997). This retracement has benefited from recognition of some reversibility in molecular evolution (Atkinson and Fox, 1951; Fox et al., 1995a; Fox et al., 1995b). A number of other new advances were also required. Sequence analysis of amino acid residues was a method needed early (Fox, 1945). (While the 1945 prospectus preceded analysis of insulin and other related developments by other workers), the evolutionary applications led to recognition of self-sequencing of amino acids into polymers when heated, self-assembly of the resultant thermal proteins to first living cells (Fox, 1971; Fox et al., 1995; Enger and Ross, 1997) and a number of other advances.
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Fox, S.W., Pappelis, A., Grubbs, R. (1998). The Origin of Mind and Life. In: Chela-Flores, J., Raulin, F. (eds) Exobiology: Matter, Energy, and Information in the Origin and Evolution of Life in the Universe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5056-9_8
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