Defining life or bringing biology to life

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-213

  Ruiz Mirazo, Kepa ^a,b   Peretó, Juli ^c,d   Moreno, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CSIC UPV Unidad de Biofisica UBF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic autonomy; Life definition; Open ended evolution; Origin of life; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; LIFE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; LIFE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77951765485     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9201-6     Document Type: Article

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