A stochastic model of the emergence of autocatalytic cycles

Journal of Systems Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Filisetti, Alessandro ^a   Graudenzi, Alex ^a   Serra, Roberto ^a,b   Villani, Marco ^a,b   Lucrezia, Davide De ^a   Füchslin, Rudolf M ^a,c   Kauffman, Stuart A ^d   Packard, Norman ^a,e   Poli, Irene ^a,f  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR LIVING TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e ProtoLife Inc   (United States)

^f CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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EID: 84865207932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1759-2208-2-2     Document Type: Article

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