Kinetics and coexistence of autocatalytic reaction cycles

Abstract Biological reproduction rests ultimately on chemical autocatalysis. Autocatalytic chemical cycles are thought to have played an important role in the chemical complexification en route to life. There are two, related issues: what chemical transformations allow such cycles to form, and at wh...

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Main Authors: Balázs Könnyű, Eörs Szathmáry, Tamás Czárán, András Szilágyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69267-w