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Energy and biological evolution—I. the equilibrium states of biochemical processes

✍ Scribed by G.E. Tanyi

Publisher
Springer
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
1011 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
1522-9602

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✦ Synopsis

The Thom gradient model of morphogenesis poses the following a posteriori problem: "From the observed morphology of a given natural process (effect) determine the dynamics of the process (cause)". In this paper we consider the classical a priori problem: "Given the cause (dynamics) determine the effect (resultant morphology)".

We find that in biochemical processes the mechanisms for energy activation, energymatter interaction and energy dissipation determine the dynamics. Furthermore there exists basic energy mechanisms which drive the equilibrium states through the elementary catastrophes of Thorn. A comparison with current theories shows that our models describe open ecological food chains and their dynamical systems generalize the equations of organisation posed by M. Eigen.

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