A paradigm shift in biology?

Information (Switzerland)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-59

  Auletta, Gennaro ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITÀ GREGORIANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complexity; Epigeny; Function; Information; Teleology; Teleonomy

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

CO-ADAPTATION; EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS; GENETIC PROGRAMS; INTERNAL FORCES; PARADIGM SHIFTS; SPECIFIC INFORMATION;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 84871699461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20782489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/info1010028     Document Type: Article

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