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The general entity of life: a cybernetic approach

Biological Cybernetics, ISSN: 1432-0770, Vol: 109, Issue: 3, Page: 401-419
2015
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Life, not only in the well-known context of biochemical metabolism but also in the context of hypothetical life synthesized laboratorially or possibly found on other planets, is considered in this paper. The three-component information–energetic–structural irreducible processing in autonomous systems is the core of the proposed approach. The cybernetic organization of a general entity of life—the alivon—is postulated. The crucial properties of life and evolution are derived from the proposed approach. Information encoded in biological structures is also studied.

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