Natural selection: A phase transition?

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 101-123

  Eigen, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coding theory; Error threshold; Information space; Phase transitions; RNA and DNA replication

Indexed keywords

DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; THEORY;

EID: 0033944978     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(00)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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