- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Preface
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Chapter 1 Introduction -
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 3 The Matrix Chemistry as an Example -
Chapter 4 Computing Chemical Reactions -
Chapter 5 The Chemistry of Life -
Chapter 6 The Essence of Life -
Chapter 7 Evolution -
Chapter 8 Complexity and Open-Ended Evolution -
Chapter 9 Rewriting Systems -
Chapter 10 Automata and Machines -
Chapter 11 Bio-inspired Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 12 The Structure of Organizations -
Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Organizations -
Chapter 14 Self-Organization and Emergent Phenomena -
Chapter 15 Constructive Dynamical Systems -
Chapter 16 Applications of Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 17 Computing with Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 18 Modeling Biological Systems -
Chapter 19 Wet Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 20 Beyond Chemistry and Biology -
Chapter 21 Summary and Perspectives - Further Reading
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Appendix: Setting up Your Own Artificial Chemistry System - Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Wet Artificial Chemistries
Wet Artificial Chemistries
- Chapter:
- (p.405) Chapter 19 Wet Artificial Chemistries
- Source:
- Artificial Chemistries
- Author(s):
Wolfgang Banzhaf
Lidia Yamamoto
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
We will first examine some possible ways to build wet artificial cells and their components, starting with alternative nucleic acids and amino acids. Alternatives to the existing genetic code are also pointed out. An overview of potential designs for artificial cells is presented next. The second part of the chapter looks at wet chemical computing, including computation with DNA and other biomolecules, reaction-diffusion computers, and computation with bacteria and other living beings. The chapter concludes with some thoughts about ethical considerations that must be taken into account when attempting to manipulate or even recreate life in the laboratory.
Keywords: Artificial cell, Bacterial computing, Chemical computer, DNA automaton, DNA computing, Protocell, Reaction-diffusion computer, Repressilator, Synthetic life, Xeno nucleic acid
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- Title Pages
- Epigraph
- Preface
-
Chapter 1 Introduction -
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 3 The Matrix Chemistry as an Example -
Chapter 4 Computing Chemical Reactions -
Chapter 5 The Chemistry of Life -
Chapter 6 The Essence of Life -
Chapter 7 Evolution -
Chapter 8 Complexity and Open-Ended Evolution -
Chapter 9 Rewriting Systems -
Chapter 10 Automata and Machines -
Chapter 11 Bio-inspired Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 12 The Structure of Organizations -
Chapter 13 The Dynamics of Organizations -
Chapter 14 Self-Organization and Emergent Phenomena -
Chapter 15 Constructive Dynamical Systems -
Chapter 16 Applications of Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 17 Computing with Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 18 Modeling Biological Systems -
Chapter 19 Wet Artificial Chemistries -
Chapter 20 Beyond Chemistry and Biology -
Chapter 21 Summary and Perspectives - Further Reading
-
Appendix: Setting up Your Own Artificial Chemistry System - Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
