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Computer simulations of a “spin glass” model for the origin of biological information are discussed. Selection is found to occur among a wide diversity of possible species, and in addition competition, adaptation, and hysteresis are all exhibited.
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Rokhsar, D.S., Anderson, P.W. & Stein, D.L. Self-organization in prebiological systems: Simulations of a model for the origin of genetic information. J Mol Evol 23, 119–126 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02099906
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