Evolution of complexity in RNA-like replicator systems

Nobuto Takeuchi and Paulien Hogeweg

Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Biology Direct 2008, 3:11doi:10.1186/1745-6150-3-11


Published:	27 March 2008

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Movie of a simulation. This file is a MPEG movie of a simulation for μ = 0.004. The color coding is the same as in Fig. 4.

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Additional file 2:

Functional polymorphism without speciation. This file explains the results of the simulation series that showed a functional polymorphism without speciation (see also Fig. 6). It also discusses its implication for the measurement of physical complexity (see also Discussion).

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Additional file 3:

Five genotypes used to initialize simulations. This file lists the five catalytic genotypes obtained from pre-evolution. They are used to initialize simulations. The first one is for the simulations presented in main text. The last one is for the simulations presented in Additional file 2

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