A novel type of autocatalytic growth, which is distinguishable from exponential growth and has implications for theories on the origin of life, is revealed by self‐replication experiments based on nonenzymatic template‐directed reactions of oligonucleotide derivatives. The sketch on the right shows the general mechanism of a minimal system for self‐replication.
Einen neuartigen Typ autokatalytischen Wachstums, der sich von exponentiellem Wachstum unterscheidet und Implikationen für Theorien über den Ursprung des Lebens hat, lassen Selbstreplikationsexperimente auf der Grundlage nichtenzymatischer, matrizengesteuerter Reaktionen von Oligonucleotid‐Derivaten erkennen. Das Bild rechts zeigt den allgemeinen Mechanismus eines selbstreplizierenden Minimalsystems.
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