Multispecies population dynamics of prebiotic compositional assemblies

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 357, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-34

  Markovitch, Omer ^a   Lancet, Doron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Composomes; Lipid world; Metabolism first; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GRADED AUTOCATALYSIS REPLICATION DOMAIN; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 84901460760     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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