Spatial models of prebiotic evolution: Soup before pizza?

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 319-355

  Scheuring, István ^a,d   Czárán, Tamás ^a,d   Szabó, Péter ^b,d   Károlyi, György ^c,d   Toroczkai, Zoltán ^d,e  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Early evolution; Eigen's paradox; Open chaotic flow; Parasites; Prebiotic pizza; Prebiotic soup; RNA world

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; EVOLUTION; MODELING; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PARASITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; FRACTALS; METABOLISM; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142242017     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025742505324     Document Type: Article

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