Biological Evolution of Replicator Systems: Towards a Quantitative Approach

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-160

  Martin, Osmel ^a   Horvath, J E ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Darwinian Selection Principle; Evolution; Non equilibrium thermodynamics; Replicators

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEW SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EARTH (PLANET); ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84878776013     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-013-9327-4     Document Type: Article

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