On the Interplay of Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Information in Simple Replicating Systems

ICREA-Complex Systems Lab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Dr. Aiguader 80, 08003 Barcelona, Spain Dep. of Physics and Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe NM 87506 USA Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, CSIC-UPF, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain bernat.corominas@upf.edu, harold@ifk.sdu.dk

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