"Living" under the challenge of information decay: The stochastic corrector model vs. hypercycles

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-181

  Zintzaras, Elias ^a,b   Santos, Mauro ^a,c   Szathmáry, Eörs ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOME; MODEL; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0036382828     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3026     Document Type: Article

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