In silico simulations reveal that replicators with limited dispersal evolve towards higher efficiency and fidelity

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6913, 2002, Pages 340-343

  Szabó, Péter ^a,b   Scheuring, István ^a   Czárán, Tamás ^a   Szathmáry, Eörs ^a,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUTAGENESIS; RNA;

COPYING FIDELITY;

ENZYMES;

RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

EVOLUTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPLICATION;

ADSORPTION; BINDING SITES; BIOGENESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, CATALYTIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0037153134     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01187     Document Type: Article

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