A chemical system of synthetic replicators shows the first signs of Darwinian evolution: Two different replicators compete for a common building block, and which one wins depends on the environment. As the replicators can ...
Biochemistry
Aug 31, 2023
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How does a cell balance risk and speed when dividing? EPFL scientists have developed and experimentally tested the first mathematical theory that describes the cell's best strategy for dividing safely and efficiently.
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2022
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What would happen if a selection experiment was performed on thousands of communities of microbes based on some community-level function? Researchers from ESPCI Paris-PSL, College de France, and ENS-PSL used a theoretical ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 9, 2020
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