Biological organization and anti-entropy

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-96

  Bailly, Francis ^a   Longo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Darwinian evolution; Entropy; Far from equilibrium systems; Levels of biological organization; Scaling laws; Schrodinger equation

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 65249128040     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339009002715     Document Type: Article

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