Ghosts in the origins of life?

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2761-2765

  Sardanyés, Josep ^a   Solé, Ricard V ^b  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed transitions; Ghosts; Hypercycles; Saddle node bifurcation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

BIOLOGICAL MODELS; DELAYED TRANSITIONS; HYPERCYCLES; SADDLE NODE BIFURCATION;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 37249051341     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127406016446     Document Type: Article

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