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From: wine@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (David Wine)
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Subject: Re: Autocatalytic Sets
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Date: 13 Feb 90 02:37:31 GMT
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I'd take a look at

   Eigen, M. (Manfred), 1927-
     The hypercycle, a principle of natural self-organization / M. Eigen, P.
   Schuster.  Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1979.