Numerical solutions for GARD's differential equations reveal that in most networks there are multiple composomes (Figure ) (see Methods). Such GARD compositional reproducers have been found to dynamically interconvert via compositional mutations . Based on the present interpretation, this implies that GARD networks often possess multiple attractors. Our present GARD simulations also show similar behavior to that of gene regulatory network attractors , whereby changing the concentration of a key environmental chemical component results in a shift from one attractor to another (Figure ). Such time-dependent compositional state transitions are akin to those observed in an ecological assembly with multiple species, governed by the generalized Lotke-Volterra network equation .