Mosaic, self-similarity logic, and biological attraction principles. Three explanatory instruments in biology

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 552-563

  Agnati, Luigi F ^a   Baluška, František ^b   Barlow, Peter W ^c   Guidolin, Diego ^d  

^a IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological attraction principle; Biological complexity; Dissipative systems; Endosymbiosis; Evolution; Mosaic principle; Self assembly; Self organization; Self similarity logic principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951963244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.6.9644     Document Type: Article

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