Proto-metabolism in artificial life (IMAGE)

University of Groningen

Proto-metabolism in artificial life

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The stacks of rings catalyse the conversion of the basic building blocks into new three- and four-membered rings which are needed for the growth of stacks of six-membered rings (self-replication).

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Otto Lab, University of Groningen

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