From external to internal measurement: A form theory approach to evolution

BioSystems

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-62

  Andrade, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Algorithmic compressibility; Analog; Digital; Entropy; Form; Internal measurement

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ALGORITHM; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; REVIEW; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033848112     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(00)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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