Multiplicity of species in some replicative systems

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 3009-3014

  Lipowski, Adam ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIVISION; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

CODING MECHANISM; DEATH RATES; LIVING CELL; MULTI-SPECIES;

EID: 0034158274     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.3009     Document Type: Article

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