Evolvable physical self-replicators

Artificial Life

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-142

  Virgo, Nathaniel ^a,b   Fernando, Chrisantha ^b,c,d   Bigge, Bill ^b   Husbands, Phil ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elongation catastrophe; origin of life; Physical self replicator; template replication

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ELONGATION CATASTROPHES; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE ANALOGUES; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYSICAL SELF-REPLICATOR; PRODUCT INHIBITION; TEMPLATE REPLICATION;

ELONGATION;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRONICS; EVOLUTION;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA REPLICATION; MINIATURIZATION;

EID: 84859596063     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00056     Document Type: Article

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