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The Interface between Chemistry and Biology — Laws Determining Regularities in Early Evolution

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More than ten years ago Eigen (1971) started to develop a dynamical model of molecular self-organization which is based mainly on chemical kinetics and the presently known properties of biopolymers. Later on, this theoretical concept was extended (Eigen & Schuster, 1979,1982) and supported by experimental studies (Biebricher et al.,1981, 1982; Biebricher, 1983; for a popular review see Eigen et al.,1981). The model starts out from the simplest prerequisites: polynucleotides are present and activated monomers are available in sufficient amounts. Several principles of self-organization can be derived by straightforward analysis. We just enumerate them here.

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  1. Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and Radiation Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Peter Schuster

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  1. IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Schlossplatz 1, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria

    Jean-Pierre Aubin

  2. CEREMADE, Université de Paris-Dauphine, F-75775, Paris CX (16), France

    Jean-Pierre Aubin

  3. IIASA and Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, 60201, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Donald Saari

  4. IIASA and Institute for Mathematics, University of Vienna, Strudlhofgasse 4, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    Karl Sigmund

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Schuster, P. (1985). The Interface between Chemistry and Biology — Laws Determining Regularities in Early Evolution. In: Aubin, JP., Saari, D., Sigmund, K. (eds) Dynamics of Macrosystems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 257. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00545-3_20

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