The Stochastic Evolution of a Protocell: The Gillespie Algorithm in a Dynamically Varying Volume

Figure 13

Symmetry breaking phenomenon. Each point denotes the fraction of runs exhibiting the symmetry breaking phenomenon, during 100 generations, over 50 identical replicas. Parameters are 𝑋₁(0)=𝑋₂(0)=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,25,50], 𝐶(0)=10𝑋, 𝜂₁=𝜂₂=1, 𝛼₁=𝛼₂=2, 𝐿1=500, 𝐿2=500, 𝑃1=600, 𝑃₂=600, 𝜌=100, and 𝛽=1.