Dynamics of a laterally evolving community of ribozyme-like agents as studied with a rule-based computing system

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-334

  Jalasvuori, Matti ^a   Jalasvuori, Maija P ^a   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abiotic compartments; Evolution of early life; RNA world; Simulated evolution

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CATALYSIS; EARLY EARTH; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RNA; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77951768509     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9187-0     Document Type: Article

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