Cellular automata simulation of RNA self-replicators

Abstract

We describe reaction-diffusion rules for template-driven polymerization of nucleic acid sequences. Simulations of the model reproduce experimentally determined RNA structure and demonstrate self-replication. A C++ implementation is available at https://github.com/evoldoers/carnaval

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ALIFE 2020: The 2020 Conference on Artificial Life
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