Two different template replicators coexisting in the same protocell: Stochastic simulation of an extended chemoton model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Zachar, István ^a   Fedor, Anna ^a   Szathmáry, Eörs ^a,b,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^c PARMENIDES FOUNDATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOTON; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; GROWTH REGULATION; METABOLOMICS; POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; STATISTICS;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 79960465032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021380     Document Type: Article

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