Noise-induced symmetry breaking far from equilibrium and the emergence of biological homochirality

The origin of homochirality, the observed single-handedness of biological amino acids and sugars, has long been attributed to autocatalysis, a frequently assumed precursor for early life self-replication. However, the stability of homochiral states in deterministic autocatalytic systems relies on cr...

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Main Authors: Jafarpour, Farshid, Biancalani, Tommaso, Goldenfeld, Nigel
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109170