Evolution before genes

Biology Direct

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vasas, Vera ^a,b   Fernando, Chrisantha ^c,d   Santos, Mauro ^a   Kauffman, Stuart ^e   Szathmáry, Eörs ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f PARMENIDES FOUNDATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autocatalytic sets; Catalytic reaction networks; Chemical evolution; Metabolism first theory of origin of life; Origin of life; Prebiotic evolution; Protocells; Replicators

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA TEMPLATE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES; GENOTYPE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 84855399763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-7-1     Document Type: Article

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