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ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 225-241Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-0656-9
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DNA polymerization; enantiomeric cross-inhibition; origin of homochirality
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The stability and conservation properties of a recently proposed polymerization model are studied. The achiral (racemic) solution is linearly unstable once the relevant control parameter (here the fidelity of the catalyst) exceeds a critical value. The growth rate is calculated for different fidelity parameters and cross-inhibition rates. A chirality parameter is defined and shown to be conserved by the nonlinear terms of the model. Finally, a truncated version of the model is used to derive a set of two ordinary differential equations and it is argued that these equations are more realistic than those used in earlier models of that form.
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