The thermodynamics and evolution of complexity in biological systems

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-9

  Toussaint, Olivier ^a   Schneider, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b Hawkwood Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ecosystem stability; Gradient dissipation; Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STRESS; SURVIVAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031825116     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10002-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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