Stochastic models of chiral symmetry breaking in autocatalytic networks with anomalous fluctuations

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-281

  Longo, Savino ^a,b,c   Coppola, Carla Maria ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiral symmetry breaking; Simulated evolution protobiology; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

AUTOCATALYTIC; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; CLASSICAL MODEL; COMMON FEATURES; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SIMPLE STOCHASTIC; SIMULATED EVOLUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84883487022     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-013-0234-4     Document Type: Article

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