期刊
PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 112, 期 1-2, 页码 33-43出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2013.03.019
关键词
Systems Biology; Biophysical constraints; Complexity; Fractals; Non-linearity; Morphogenetic field
资金
- ASI (Italian Space Agency, LIGRA Programme)
The natural world consists of hierarchical levels of complexity that range from subatomic particles and molecules to ecosystems and beyond. This implies that, in order to explain the features and behavior of a whole system, a theory might be required that would operate at the corresponding hierarchical level, i.e. where self-organization processes take place. In the past, biological research has focused on questions that could be answered by a reductionist program of genetics. The organism (and its development) was considered an epiphenomenona of its genes. However, a profound rethinking of the biological paradigm is now underway and it is likely that such a process will lead to a conceptual revolution emerging from the ashes of reductionism. This revolution implies the search for general principles on which a cogent theory of biology might rely. Because much of the logic of living systems is located at higher levels, it is imperative to focus on them. Indeed, both evolution and physiology work on these levels. Thus, by no means Systems Biology could be considered a 'simple' gradual' extension of Molecular Biology. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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