What do we mean by biological complexity?

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-140

  Ricard, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Emergence; Information

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPLEXITY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HOMEOSTASIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037734298     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0691(03)00064-7     Document Type: Review

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