Figure 4.5 : Formation of aggregates.

These coacervates are the initial species present in the ocean to start the formation of primary cells. This process is accomplished in two steps:

Formation of eobionts or protocells: The coacervates  has the ability to take up new molecules to replace the degraded molecules and maintain the size. Thus, coacervates has the basic property of living system but it doesn’t have complex molecules such as enzyme etc (Figure 4.6). The process of acquiring new molecules was not regulated. Later, nucleic acid is entrapped within the coacervates and process of division became precise and controlled. This form of coacervates with nucleic acid is known as eobionts or protocells.