Artificial Chemistry: Computational Studies on the Emergence of Self-Reproducing Units Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3473547, abstract = {Abstract. Acquisition of self-maintenance of cell membranes is an essential step to evolve from molecular to cellular reproduction. In this report, we present a model of artificial chemistry that simulates metabolic reactions, di\#usion and repulsion of abstract chemicals in a two-dimensional space to realize the organization of proto-cell structures. It demonstrates that proto-cell structures that maintain and reproduce themselves autonomously emerge from a non-organized initial configuration. The results also suggest that a metabolic system that produces membranes can be selected in the chemical evolution of a pre-cellular stage. 1}, author = {Ono, Naoaki and Ikegami, Takashi}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'01}, citeulike-article-id = {3473547}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.9.1010}, keywords = {alife, artificial\_chemistry}, pages = {186--195}, posted-at = {2008-11-02 15:21:06}, priority = {4}, title = {Artificial Chemistry: Computational Studies on the Emergence of Self-Reproducing Units}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.9.1010}, volume = {2159}, year = {2001} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3473547 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3473547 N2 - Abstract. Acquisition of self-maintenance of cell membranes is an essential step to evolve from molecular to cellular reproduction. In this report, we present a model of artificial chemistry that simulates metabolic reactions, di#usion and repulsion of abstract chemicals in a two-dimensional space to realize the organization of proto-cell structures. It demonstrates that proto-cell structures that maintain and reproduce themselves autonomously emerge from a non-organized initial configuration. The results also suggest that a metabolic system that produces membranes can be selected in the chemical evolution of a pre-cellular stage. 1 EP - 195 TI - Artificial Chemistry: Computational Studies on the Emergence of Self-Reproducing Units VL - 2159 T2 - Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL’01 SP - 186 KW - alife KW - artificial_chemistry AU - Ono, Naoaki AU - Ikegami, Takashi PY - 2001/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.9.1010 ER -