Biosemiotics: A new understanding of life

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 577-599

  Barbieri, Marcello ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Morfologia Ed Embriologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosemiotics; Codes; Evolution; Information; Meaning

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; INFORMATION; LIFE HISTORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; GENES; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; LIFE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 46149119868     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0368-x     Document Type: Review

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