Survival of Self-Replicating Molecules under Transient Compartmentalization with Natural Selection

The problem of the emergence and survival of self-replicating molecules in origin-of-life scenarios is plagued by the error catastrophe, which is usually escaped by considering effects of compartmentalization, as in the stochastic corrector model. By addressing the problem in a simple system compose...

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Main Authors: Gabin Laurent, Luca Peliti, David Lacoste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/4/78