This book examines life not from the reductionist point of view, but rather asks the questions: what are the universal properties of living systems, and how can one construct from there a phenomenological theory of life that leads naturally to complex processes such as reproductive cellular systems, evolution and differentiation? The presentation is relatively non-technical to appeal to a broad spectrum of students and researchers.
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What is life? Has molecular biology given us a satisfactory answer to this question? And if not, why, and how to carry on from there? This book examines life not from the reductionist point of view, but rather asks the question: what are the universal properties of living systems and how can one construct from there a phenomenological theory of life that leads naturally to complex processes such as reproductive cellular systems, evolution and differentiation? The presentation has been deliberately kept fairly non-technical so as to address a broad spectrum of students and researchers from the natural sciences and informatics.
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phenotypic fluctuations, gene regulatory dynamics, constructive biology, average offspring number, isologous diversification, parasitic molecules, higher growth speed, recursive growth, synonymous mutation rate, hypercycle network, catalytic reaction network, minority molecules, loose reproduction, recursive production, chaotic itinerancy, attractor picture, differentiation scenario, universal statistics, stem cell system, catalytic network, irreversible differentiation, intracellular dynamics, coupled dynamical systems, cell type distribution, evolution speed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fixation of Phenotypic Differentiation, Basic Concepts, Further Remarks, Chikara Furusawa, Transcending Enumeration, Are Living Organisms, Computing Machines, Developmental Phenomenology, Examples of Studies, Further Results, Theoretical Approach New!
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phenotypic fluctuations, gene regulatory dynamics, constructive biology, average offspring number, isologous diversification, parasitic molecules, higher growth speed, recursive growth, synonymous mutation rate, hypercycle network, catalytic reaction network, minority molecules, loose reproduction, recursive production, chaotic itinerancy, attractor picture, differentiation scenario, universal statistics, stem cell system, catalytic network, irreversible differentiation, intracellular dynamics, coupled dynamical systems, cell type distribution, evolution speed Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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