A Necessary Condition for Coexistence of Autocatalytic Replicators in a Prebiotic Environment

A necessary, but not sufficient, mathematical condition for the coexistence of short replicating species is presented here. The mathematical condition is obtained for a prebiotic environment, simulated as a fed-batch reactor, which combines monomer recycling, variable reaction order and a fixed mono...

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Main Authors: Martha A. Grover, Andres F. Hernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/3/3/403