On the evolution of prebiotic enzyme coupled macromolecular systems

DOI10.1007/BF02460969zbMath0439.92013OpenAlexW4231089130MaRDI QIDQ1142723

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02460969

zbMATH Keywords

selectionself-organizationgenetic codemutantshypercyclesEigen modelnonlinear rate equationscatalytic actionevolution of prebiotic enzyme coupled macromolecular systemsprebiotic enzyme coupled information carriers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic systems in control theory (general) (93E03) Chemical kinetics in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A30) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Large-scale systems (93A15) General biology and biomathematics (92B05) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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