Downward causation by information control in micro-organisms

Interface Focus

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-41

  Jaeger, Luc ^a   Calkins, Erin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Convergent evolution; Information selection; Molecular complexity; RNA evolution; RNA world

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860907410     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0045     Document Type: Article

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