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How did the first cellular structures evolve?

Asked by RocketSquid (3483points) January 11th, 2010

I understand the organic molecules started to replicate themselves, basically becoming DNA, but how did that lead to things like cytoplasm, a cellular membrane and things like that? Everything I’ve read so far has basically skipped over this part.

Is there a property in DNA molecules that attracts the materials for things like cytoplasm, and it went from there? Is it an end result from the DNA?

Basically, I want to know how strands of DNA evolved into a full blown cell.

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