On the evolution of prebiotic enzyme cou
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B.L. Jones
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Article
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1980
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Springer
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English
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In this paper we consider the evolution of prebiotic macromolecular systems in which a coding and replicating machinery has come into existence. We introduce a specific enzyme coupling model and discuss the formation, selection and survival of mutants and hypercycles. Implications of the model for t