作者: Ginestra Bianconi , Kun Zhao , Irene A. Chen , Martin A. Nowak
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PCBI.1003051
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摘要: We consider a world of nucleotide sequences and protocells. The have the property spontaneous self-replication. Some - so-called replicases enzymatic activity in sense enhancing replication rate all (or almost all) sequences. In well-mixed medium, natural selection would not favor such because their presence equally benefits with or without replicase activity. Here we show that protocells can select for replicases. assume replicate within undergo division. This leads to particular population structures which augment abundance explore various assumptions regarding protocell calculate error threshold is compatible selecting