Consider the following statements regarding the origin of protobionts (protocells) and choose the correct answer:
1. The self-assembly process is internally controlled by selective intermolecular forces
2. The protocells possessed lipids, nucleic acids and had a definite molecular configuration
3. The protocells were heterotrophic
4. The instructions for the behaviour in the protocellular life-cycle were in the protenoids

A. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true

B. Only 2 and 3 are true

C. Only 1 and 4 are true

D. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true

Answer: Option D