Figure 5
Snapshots of the CA lattice pattern of the replicator population on the surface. Panels A-B: The typical homogeneous pattern of replicators at the beginning (Panel A, t = 0) and at the end (Panel B, t = 1.000) of the simulations. Parameters: D = 100, h = von Neumann neighbourhood and r = 5x5 Moore neighbourhood. Panels C-D: The pattern of replicators at the beginning (Panel C, t = 0) and at the end (Panel D, t = 1.000) of another simulation with different parameters allowing for a sparse metabolic system: D = 1, h = 5x5 Moore neighbourhood and r = von Neumann neighbourhood. Colour code: white – empty sites, green – metabolic replicator 1 with k 1 = 3.0, blue – metabolic replicator 2 with k 2 = 5.0; red – metabolic replicator 3 with k 3 = 7.0 and yellow – metabolic replicator 4 with k 4 = 9., k i -s are the replication rates of metabolic replicators.