1. Concepts and Dynamics: A Theoretical Issue of OLEB

   • Eörs Szathmáry

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 313 - 317

2. Spatial Models of Prebiotic Evolution: Soup Before Pizza?

   • István Scheuring
   • Tamás Czárán
   • Zoltán Toroczkai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 355

3. Spatial Dynamics and the Evolution of Enzyme Production

   • Alexandre Rosas
   • José F. Fontanari

   OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 374

4. Multilevel Selection in Models of Prebiotic Evolution: Compartments and Spatial Self-organization

   • Paulien Hogeweg
   • Nobuto Takeuchi

   BriefCommunication Pages: 375 - 403

5. Origin of Sex Revisited

   • Mauro Santos
   • Elias Zintzaras
   • Eörs Szathmáry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 432

6. Why Nature Chose A, C, G and U/T: An Error-Coding Perspective of Nucleotide Alphabet Composition

   • Dónall A. Mac Dónaill

   OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 455

7. The Case for an Error Minimizing Standard Genetic Code

   • Stephen J. Freeland
   • Tao Wu
   • Nick Keulmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 477

8. The Early Phases of Genetic Code Origin: Conjectures on the Evolution of Coded Catalysis

   • Massimo Di Giulio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 489

9. On the Evolution of Primitive Genetic Codes

   • Günter Weberndorfer
   • Ivo L. Hofacker
   • Peter F. Stadler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 491 - 514

10. Dark Dune Spots: Possible Biomarkers on Mars?

    • Tibor Gánti
    • András Horváth
    • Eörs Szathmáry

    OriginalPaper Pages: 515 - 557