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Darwin and Molecular Biology
Author(s) -
Eigen Manfred
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198102331
Subject(s) - darwin (adl) , natural selection , charles darwin , selection (genetic algorithm) , evolutionary biology , biology , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , darwinism , artificial intelligence , software engineering
Darwin 's “idea of thehe century”, the principle of selection, is as important in the age of molecular biology as it was a hundred years ago. As a natural law it is open to rigorous physical proof, if certain prerequisites are met, and to quantitative experimental test— in vitro and in vivo —under defined laboratory conditions.