title: Self-organization in prebiological systems: simulations of a model for the origin of genetic information.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D001704:Biopolymers; D008957:Models, Genetic; D000069497:Origin of Life; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers