[patcon]

You might be interested in the little-known Chemoton model: http://web.archive.org/web/20210221212235/https://www.nation...

    1. metabolic cycle
    2. ~~stores information~~
    2. membrane/boundary
    3. template replication

More recent origin of life theories (even proto-cellular) focus on:

    1. periodicity/cycles
    2. compartmentalization/boundaries
    3. microdiversity/entropy

https://sci-hub.st/10.1016/j.cocis.2007.08.008