Photo-organism kinetics: Evolutionary dynamics of lipid aggregates with genes and metabolism

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 171-180

  Rasmussen, Steen ^a,b   Chen, Liaohai ^c   Stadler, Bärbel M R ^d,e   Stadler, Peter F ^b,d,f  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prebiotic evolution; Protocell; Replicator dynamics

Indexed keywords

KINETICS; LIPID; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

LIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; KINETICS; LIPIDS;

EID: 0842264156     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ORIG.0000009838.16739.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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