Excess mutual catalysis is required for effective evolvability

Artificial Life

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-266

  Markovitch, Omer ^a   Lancet, Doron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Composomes; Evolution; Metabolism; Networks; Selection

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; METABOLISM; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

CATALYTIC NETWORKS; COMPOSOMES; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; SELECTION; TARGET COMPOSITION;

CATALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 85047688021     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl_a_00064     Document Type: Article

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