The origin of replicators and reproducers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1474, 2006, Pages 1761-1776

  Szathmáry, Eörs ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Compartmentation; Error threshold; Origin of life; Replicator; Ribozyme

Indexed keywords

ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 33750090419     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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