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- adjective characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane)
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“The evidence strongly suggests that prior to the origin of life the primitive Earth already had many different catalytic agents, polymers with sequences of nucleotides, and membrane-forming compounds,” Lazcano concluded.
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