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TIL a 1995 experiment by Oberholzer et al showed DNA replication inside tiny spherical lipid bilayer structures called liposomes (similar to cell membranes)- mimicing early cellular conditions. They showed that DNA replication, through the polymerase chain reaction, can occur within these liposomes.

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