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Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution.
Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.
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- Balance Between Order and Disorder: Quantum-Epigenetic Pathways for the Emergence and Continuous Evolution of Life.Acta biotheoretica · 2026Review
- Molecular assembly as a universal biosignature measurable by mass spectrometry.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Proto-Biosignatures and Planetary Geochemical Metabolism: A Thermodynamic Screening Model of Prebiotic Geochemical Organization.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Mapping Evolution of Molecules across Biochemistry with Assembly Theory.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026Article
- From episodes to populations: evolutionary explanation requires a constructive epistemology.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2026Article
- The challenge of distinguishing living from non-living entities.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2026Review
- The Role of Chemistry Across Disciplines From Humanities to Life Sciences in Understanding Complexity and Emergence.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Review
- Chemputer and chemputation-A universal chemical compound synthesis machine.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Application of luminescence-producing Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains for evaluating anti-tuberculosis drug and vaccine efficacy in vitro and in vivo.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Molecular Complexity Constrained Early Amino Acid Recruitment into the Genetic Code.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
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- Rapid Exploration of the Assembly Chemical Space of Molecular Graphs.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2025Article
- Towards a Research Programme Aiming at Causes and Consequences of Reticulate Evolution.Biology · 2025Review
- The Origin of Life and Cellular Systems: A Continuum from Prebiotic Chemistry to Biodiversity.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Consciousness: its goals, its functions and the emergence of a new category of selection.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Protopeptide backbone affects assembly in aqueous solutions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- How hard is it to encapsulate life? The general constraints on encapsulation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Scientists have grappled with reconciling biological evolution
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