Complexity: Some considerations towards a predictive theory of life

S. Núñez-Corrales

doi:10.1142/9789814656627_0010

Complexity: Some considerations towards a predictive theory of life

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Current understanding of the massive complexity of life suggests the existence of an intricate world of interactions both below the ecosystem and above complex biochemistry. That particular cosmos of the organism has proven hard to untangle due to three key factors: the difficulty of reconstructing the past from traces left in the present, the dynamic nature of changes across multiple interacting scales and the contemporary, overall process of scientific discovery in the life sciences. By appealing to the integration of frontier research lines in the biosciences and a revision of the epistemology around the organism, some considerations are drawn towards the possible meaning-and form-of an integrated theory of life.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Untangling Molecular Biodiversity
Subtitle of host publication	Explaining Unity And Diversity Principles Of Organization With Molecular Structure And Evolutionary Genomics
Editors	Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
Publisher	World Scientific
Pages	453-489
Number of pages	37
ISBN (Electronic)	9789814656627
ISBN (Print)	9789814656610
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814656627_0010
State	Published - Dec 2020

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Complexity: Some considerations towards a predictive theory of life. / Núñez-Corrales, S.
Untangling Molecular Biodiversity: Explaining Unity And Diversity Principles Of Organization With Molecular Structure And Evolutionary Genomics. ed. / Gustavo Caetano-Anollés. World Scientific, 2020. p. 453-489.

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