Thermodynamic description of a copolymerisation process: The link between Maxwell's Demon and the drive to compile genetic information

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-75

  Klump, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Entropy; Genetic information; Maxwell's demon; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008815032     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00359190909519239     Document Type: Article

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