• Title of article

    Biased polymers in the origin of life

  • Author/Authors

    F. G. Mosqueira، نويسنده , , S. Ramos-Bernal، نويسنده , , A. Negron-Mendoza، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    99
  • To page
    103
  • Abstract
    We delve into the study of a Markov chain formalism applied to the thermal prebiotic oligomerization of amino acids. We find for the case of only two types of electromagnetic interactions, that the steady state attainment by the Markov chain is a built in mechanism limiting the expected variability in sequences in a population of polymers. Such result may be of importance as it makes more accessible the replication of a minimal chemical machinery compatible with life.
  • Keywords
    Thermal oligomerization , Steady state of a Markov chain , amino acids , Biased polymers , Markov chain , Prebioticchemistry
  • Journal title
    BioSystems
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    BioSystems
  • Record number

    497513