Spatial dynamics and the evolution of enzyme production

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 357-374

  Rosas, Alexandre ^a   Fontanari, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Nonequilibrium phase transitions; Prebiotic evolution; Protein synthesis; Replicator dynamics; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ENZYME; EVOLUTION; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142135371     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025750806233     Document Type: Article

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