Creating chemical systems that can model living systems is far from easy. However, the evolution of oil droplets in water through the application of artificial selective pressure to produce droplets with dramatically different — yet specific — behaviours, is an encouraging step in this direction.
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Bissette, A., Fletcher, S. Selecting complex behaviour. Nature Chem 7, 15–17 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2130
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