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Why DNA?: From DNA Sequence to Biological Complexity

Why DNA?: From DNA Sequence to Biological Complexity

9781107056398
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Information is central to the evolution of biological complexity, a physical system relying on a continuous supply of energy. Biology provides superb examples of the consequent Darwinian selection of mechanisms for efficient energy utilisation. Genetic information, underpinned by the Watson-Crick base-pairing rules is largely encoded by DNA, a molecule uniquely adapted to its roles in information storage and utilisation.This volume addresses two fundamental questions. Firstly, what properties of the molecule have enabled it to become the predominant genetic material in the biological world today and secondly, to what extent have the informational properties of the molecule contributed to the expansion of biological diversity and the stability of ecosystems. The author argues that bringing these two seemingly unrelated topics together enables Schrödingers What is Life?, published before the structure of DNA was known, to be revisited and his ideas examined in the context of our current biological understanding.
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9781107056398
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Publication date
2022
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
222
Dimensions (mm)
158.00 x 235.00
Weight (g)
500
  • Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The perennial question; 2. The nature of information - information, complexity and entropy; 3. DNA - the molecule; 4. The evolution of biological complexity; 5. Cooperating genomes; 6. DNA, information and complexity; 7. Origins; 8. The complexity of societies; 9. Why DNA - and not RNA?; General reading and bibliography.
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