THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPERFECT MIXING IN AUTOCATALYTIC CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL-SYSTEMS

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EPSTEIN, IR [1 ]
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[1] BRANDEIS UNIV,VOLEN CTR COMPLEX SYST,WALTHAM,MA 02254
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10.1038/374321a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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When chemical reactions whose rate increases with the concentration of a product species are carried out in imperfectly mixed systems, a variety of complex behaviours can occur. These phenomena, which have relevance for biological processes as well, include chaotic and stochastic behaviour and selection of one final state over an equally probable alternative.
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