In search of principles for a Theory of Organisms

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 955-968

  Longo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Montévil, Maël ^b,c   Sonnenschein, Carlos ^b,d   Soto, Ana M ^a,b  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d and Institut d Etudes Avancees de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; biological organization; criticality; default state; development; emergence; mathematical symmetries

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGY; EMERGENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORY;

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEATH; GRAVITY; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE TONE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; PHYSICS; PROCEDURES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOPHYSICS; CELL DIVISION; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84951569031     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-015-9574-9     Document Type: Article

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