Selection of Catalysts through Cellular Reproduction

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dc.creatorOno, N.
dc.creatorIkegami, T.
dc.date2002-09-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:34:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:34:18Z
dc.descriptionIt has been pointed out that if an autocatalytic cycle produces primitive membrane chemicals, it can compose a self-maintaining proto cell. Moreover, it is known that a proto cell can divide itself spontaneously as it grows. An unsolved problem is how such a catalytic system can evolve in the pre-cellular environment. Here we examine, as the first step, the evolution of catalysts that have different activity in generating membrane chemicals using a Lattice-Gas-like model. We demonstrated that a self-replicating proto-cell emerges from random initial configuration. We also showed that cells with higher activity of membrane production evolve through cellular selection.
dc.descriptionLaTeX, 8 pages, 18 eps figures, to be published in Proceedings of ALIFE8
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0209037
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0209037
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/80317
dc.subjectAdaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
dc.subjectCellular Automata and Lattice Gases
dc.subjectQuantitative Biology
dc.titleSelection of Catalysts through Cellular Reproduction
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