Emergent robustness in competition between autocatalytic chemical networks

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-389

  Goldstein, Richard A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; Chemical models; Molecular evolution; Origin of life; Population dynamics; Pre biotic evolution

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION; MODEL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33749072209     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9014-9     Document Type: Article

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