What's transmitted? Inherited information

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Shea, Nicholas ^a  

^a SOMERVILLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entropy; Evolution; Genetic information; Genetic representation; Information transmission; Inheritance systems; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

DNA; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 79955840134     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9232-4     Document Type: Article

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