Genes without prominence: A reappraisal of the foundations of biology

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Annila, Arto ^a   Baverstock, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attractors; Entropy; Epigenetics; Evolution; Free energy; Second law of thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; GENES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATTRACTORS; CELL-TO-CELL INTERACTIONS; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; MINIMUM FREE ENERGIES; PRINCIPLE OF LEAST ACTION; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; SELF-SIMILAR PROCESS;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; ATTRACTORS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPIGENETICS; FREE ENERGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

ATTRACTORS; ENTROPY; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; FREE ENERGY; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL COMMUNICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84896957611     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1017     Document Type: Article

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