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into chemical and thermodynamic networks, exploiting the many
structural polymorphs accessible to peptide assemblies, to create
the diverse foundations that may be essential for the emergence of
self-organizing behavior. To the extent that these processes can be
coordinated, it should indeed be possible to build tests for Darwin's
central thesis on the origins of chemical evolution and to create a
new breed of intelligent materials.
Acknowledgment
The authors' work that was mentioned in this chapter was supported
in part by U.S. DOE (ER15377), NASA Astrobiology Program, under
the NSF Center for Chemical Evolution, CHE-1004570 and NSF-CBC-
0739189.
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