The Hypercycle: A Principle of Natural Self-OrganizationSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, 1979 - 92 pagina's This book originated from a series of papers which were published in "Die Naturwissenschaften" in 1977178. Its division into three parts is the reflection of a logic structure, which may be abstracted in the form of three theses: A. Hypercycles are a principle of natural selforganization allowing an inte gration and coherent evolution of a set of functionally coupled self-rep licative entities. B. Hypercycles are a novel class of nonlinear reaction networks with unique properties, amenable to a unified mathematical treatment. C. Hypercycles are able to originate in the mutant distribution of a single Darwinian quasi-species through stabilization of its diverging mutant genes. Once nucleated hypercycles evolve to higher complexity by a process analogous to gene duplication and specialization. In order to outline the meaning of the first statement we may refer to another principle of material selforganization, namely to Darwin's principle of natural selection. This principle as we see it today represents the only understood means for creating information, be it the blue print for a complex living organism which evolved from less complex ancestral forms, or be it a meaningful sequence of letters the selection of which can be simulated by evolutionary model games. |
Inhoudsopgave
Darwinian System | 12 |
B The Abstract Hypercycle | 25 |
FixedPoint Analysis of SelfOrganizing | 32 |
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adapted ADVANTAGE ADVANTAGE ADVANTAGE amino acids anticodon attractor autocatalytic base pairs behavior catalytic cycle cell central fixed point CH₂ chain codon coexistence competition complementary complex constraints COOH cooperative copies corresponding coupling cyclic Darwinian systems differential equations dimension dynamic system E₁ eigenvalues elementary hypercycles enzymes equilibrium error rate evolution factors fidelity fixed-point analysis fixed-point map genes genetic genome growth functions H₂N-CH hence hypercycle hypercyclic organization I₁ information content interactions k₁ k₂ limit cycle linear Lyapunov function mechanism messenger minus strands MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE molecular molecules mutants nucleotides parameters phage polynucleotides polypeptides population numbers population variables properties protein rate constants reaction replicase replicative units represents reproduction RNA phages selective advantage selective value self-replicative self-replicative units self-reproductive sequences solution curves species stable fixed point structure synthesis TAKE TAKE TAKE template tion total concentration trajectories translation products tRNA wild-type x₁ yield