2 papers
q-bio.BM2022
Mixed Anhydrides at the Intersection Between Peptide and RNA Autocatalytic Sets: Evolution of Biological Coding
Stuart Kauffman, Niles Lehman
We present a scenario for the origin of biological coding. In this context, coding is a semiotic relationship between chemical information stored in one location that links to chem…
q-bio.PE2022
The Hiatus Between Organism and Machine Evolution: Contrasting Mixed Microbial Communities with Robots
Andrea Roli, Stuart A. Kauffman
Mixed microbial communities, usually composed of various bacterial and fungal species, are fundamental in a plethora of environments, from soil to human gut and skin. Their evoluti…