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Autocatalysis, Information and Coding

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  • Peter R. Wills

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Autocatalytic self-construction in macromolecular systems requires the existence of a reflexive relationship between structural components and the functional operations they perform to synthesize themselves. The possibility of reflexivity depends on formal features of the catalytic structure-function relationship, that is, the embedding of catalytic functions in the space of polymeric structures. Reflexivity is a formal property of some genetic sequences. These may serve as the basis for the evolution of coding as a result of autocatalytic self-organisation in a population of assignment catalysts. Autocatalytic selection is a mechanism whereby matter becomes differentiated in primitive biochemical systems. In the case of coding self-organisation it corresponds to the creation of symbolic information.

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  • Peter R. Wills, 2000. "Autocatalysis, Information and Coding," Working Papers 00-01-003, Santa Fe Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:wop:safiwp:00-01-003
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