Autocatalysis: At the root of self-replication

Artificial Life

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-236

  Plasson, Raphaël ^a   Brandenburg, Axel ^b,c   Jullien, Ludovic ^d   Bersini, Hugues ^e  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoinduction; Autopoiesis; Chemical network; Competition; Mechanism; Template

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS;

AUTO-POIESIS; AUTOINDUCTION; CHEMICAL NETWORKS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; MATHEMATICAL FORMS; SELF-REPLICATIONS; TEMPLATE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; DNA REPLICATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79960494353     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00033     Document Type: Article

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