The growth of populations of protocells

Roberto Serra; Timoteo Carletti; Irene Poli; Alessandro Filisetti

The growth of populations of protocells

Roberto Serra, Timoteo Carletti, Irene Poli, Alessandro Filisetti

Namur Institute for Complex Systems

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Abstract

the growth of protocells is discussed under different hypotheses (one or more replicators, linear and nonlinear kinetics) using a class of abstract models (Surface Reaction Models). A method to analyze the dynamics of successive protocell generations is presented, and it is applied to the problem of determining whether the duplication times of the protocell itself and of its genetic material eventually tend to a common value. The importance of the phenomenon of emergent synchronization for sustained protocell population growth and for evolvability is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Processes of emergence of systems and systemic properties
Subtitle of host publication	Towards a General Theory of Emergence
Editors	G Minati, A Pessa
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

non-linear dynamics
protocell models
synchronization phenomena

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