Natural selection in chemical evolution

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-167

  Fernando, Chrisantha ^a,b   Rowe, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autocatalytic cycle; Chemical evolution; Liposome; Natural selection; Origin of metabolism

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; MONOMER; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALGORITHM; BIOENERGETICS; CATALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY FLOW; LIPID; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION MODELING; STABILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AGITATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMISTRY; CLIMBING; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GROWTH; HEREDITY; HETEROTROPHY; HILL REACTION; LABORATORY; LOGIC; MASS; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; LIPOSOMES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34248659392     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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