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What are coacervates? Give their importa...

What are coacervates? Give their importance in the origin of life.

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Coacervate is defined as colloidal droplet in which the sispended particles like protein and negative electrical charges aro present. This phenomenon is called coacevation. They exhibited properties of life like growth and the surface layer of the coacevate had the ability to absorb substances from the medium.
The protoplasm in the cells is similar to a coacervate.
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