Three stages of the origin of life process: Bifurcation, stabilization and inversion

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-46

  Kompanichenko, V N ^a,b  

^a Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problems   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bifurcation; biological system; entropy; free energy; origin of life; property; stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010695290     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550407003953     Document Type: Article

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