Investigate mechanisms of selection and the abiotic-to-biotic transition in Assembly

Investigate the mechanism(s) for selection and characterize the transition in the Assembly measure from the abiotic world to the biotic world.

Background

The paper emphasizes that Assembly Theory seeks to explain how selection generates complexity and to bridge the origin of selection before genetics to contemporary biology.

The authors explicitly state that there are many open questions about the underlying mechanisms of selection and about how Assembly changes from abiotic to biotic contexts, indicating key research directions for developing the theory.