title: The chemical kinetics of molecular evolution.
abstract: This article describes a current view of the events that initiated the transition from the rich organic and inorganic chemistry of the primitive Earth to the earliest forms of life. It is a personal condensation of the basic ideas developed in the so-called Göttingen school. Most of these will be found in the seminal paper of Eigen and the other sources cited. A detailed exposition is given by Küppers.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woolley
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D000069497:Origin of Life