Figure 4

Dynamics of ribozyme activity distribution on complementary strands. (a) The temporal change in the frequency of all complementary pairs of monoactive ribozymes (E_{i →}). The complementary strands may be E₁ (blue), E₂ (red), or E₃ (green) ribozymes or parasites (grey). (b) Snapshots of the distribution of complementary pairs of RNA strands at the time points indicated by vertical dashed lines on (a). Complementary pairs are identified by their enzymatic activities; darker shades of red represent more frequent activity pairs. Dominant activity pairs are denoted by black frames. Parameters: D = 4.0, b₂ = 0.01 (high D – high b).