Approaches to the origin of life on earth

Life

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-48

  Kauffman, Stuart A ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectively autocatalytic sets; Maximum power efficiency; Origin of life; Work cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869444907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life1010034     Document Type: Article

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