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Information: Currency of life?

Author(s) -

Daniel Polani

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

hfsp journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1955-2068

pISSN - 1955-205X

DOI - 10.2976/1.3171566

Subject(s) - realm , relevance (law) , computer science , class (philosophy) , currency , code (set theory) , source code , data science , artificial intelligence , programming language , law , set (abstract data type) , political science , philosophy , linguistics

In biology, the exception is mostly the rule, and the rule is mostly the exception. However, recent results indicate that known universal concepts in biology such as the genetic code or the utilization of ATP as a source of energy may be complemented by a large class of principles based on Shannon's concept of information. The present position paper discusses various promising pathways toward the formulation of such generic informational principles and their relevance for the realm of biology.

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