title: A fitness principle for pre-Darwinian evolution based on selection of the least action path.
authors.affiliation: Research Foundation of Southern California, Inc., 5580 La Jolla Boulevard, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D008433:Mathematics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D000069497:Origin of Life; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D013816:Thermodynamics