Biological Systems: Reliable Functions out of Randomness
Autor: | Liang-Liang Xie |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Systems Science and Complexity. 34:2036-2047 |
ISSN: | 1559-7067 1009-6124 |
Popis: | What makes biological systems different from man-made systems? One distinction is explored in this paper: Biological systems achieve reliable functions through randomness, i.e., by both mitigating and exploiting the effects of randomness. The fundamental reason for biological systems to take such a random approach is the randomness of the microscopic world, which is dramatically different from the macroscopic world we are familiar with. To substantiate the idea, bacterial chemotaxis is used as an example. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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