Computer simulation on the cooperation of functional molecules during the early stages of evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ma, Wentao ^a   Hu, Jiming ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84859716369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035454     Document Type: Article

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