An examination of the role of autocatalytic cycles in the chemistry of proposed primordial reactions

Abstract

Let's start at the very beginning: Reaction simulations were used to clarify differences between autoinductive and autocatalytic processes in the context of recent models pertaining to the chemical origin of life (see plot). The ability of a catalytic network to persist in the face of disruptive challenges is essential to its potential to play a role in prebiotic chemistry. (Graph Presented). © 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.