Autocatalytic replication of polymers
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A catalytically closed network is endowed with self-reproduction capacities, but homeostatic growth is not directly addressed.
“It is then argued that a catalytically closed network is endowed with self-reproduction capacities, but homeostatic growth is not directly addressed (see §5.1).”
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In Kauffman's basic model, when a system reaches a sufficiently large diversity of molecule types, autocatalytic sets appear spontaneously.
“It is then shown that when a system reaches a sufficiently large diversity of molecule types, autocatalytic sets would appear spontaneously.”
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Catalytically closed networks have the property of catalytic closure, whereby the formation of every molecule is endogenously catalysed.
“These will have the property of ‘catalytic closure’, whereby the formation of every molecule is endogenously catalysed.”
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- Authors
- Farmer, J. D., Kauffman, S. A., & Packard, N. H.
- Affiliations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Institute for Advanced Study (US)
- Venue
- Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1986-10
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 50-67
- ISSN
- 0167-2789 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2171303401
- Cited by
- 249
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 1.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Cellular Automata and Applications
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Keywords
- autocatalytic sets, polymer replication, origin of life, primitive metabolism, polypeptides, nucleic acids, self-replicating systems, chemical reaction networks
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