Human Development V: Biochemistry unable to explain the emergence of biological form (morphogenesis) and therefore a new principle as source of biological information is needed

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1359-1367

  Ventegodt, Søren ^a,b,c,d,e   Hermansen, Tyge Dahl ^a   Flensborg Madsen, Trine ^a   Nielsen, Maj Lyck ^a   Clausen, Birgitte ^f   Merrick, Joav ^e,g,h,i  

^a QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^c Nordic School of Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^d Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine   (Norway)

^e Interuniversity College   (Austria)

^f Vejlby Lokalcenter ^*  (Denmark)

^g BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁱ DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Denmark; Gradients; Holistic biology; Mathematic modeling; Theoretical biology

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; REVIEW;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 33750825343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2006.234     Document Type: Review

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