Self-serving DNA - when molecules come alive
Where does "life" begin? Dominik Lücking from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology invites you to a discussion of different concepts and definitions of one of the most natural things in the world. The focus is on microbiological creatures that are on the edge of these definitions. On the trail of inanimate matter, through self-reproducing molecules to complex life forms, we will approach the topic and repeatedly come across exceptions that take what we believe to be certain ad absurdum.
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