Metabolic constraints on the eukaryotic transition

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Wallace, Rodrick ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Error catastrophe; Eukaryotic; Free energy; Information theory; Phase transition; Rate distortion

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CATASTROPHE THEORY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; HOMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTUALISM;

EUKARYOTA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 68049088766     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9157-6     Document Type: Article

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