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DNA as information

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Wills, Peter R.·2016·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rsta.2015.0417
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This article reviews contributions to this theme issue covering the topic ‘DNA as information’ in relation to the structure of DNA, the measure of its information content, the role and meaning of information in biology and the origin of genetic coding as a transition from uninformed to meaningful computational processes in physical systems.

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  • The cell operates in a manner similar to modern technology, while biological information is organized in a manner similar to plain text.

    “One of the surprising discoveries of modern biology has been that the cell operates in a manner similar to modern technology, while biological information is organized in a manner similar to plain text.”

    From Using statistical methods to model the fine-tuning of molecular machines and systems (2020) · cites this paper as Wills, 2016

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Authors
Wills, P. R.
Affiliations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Wills, Peter R.
ORCID
Wills, Peter R.
Venue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Publisher
The Royal Society
Published
2016-03-13
Volume
374
Issue
2063
Pages
20150417
ISSN
  • 1364-503X (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-2962
DOI
10.1098/rsta.2015.0417
OpenAlex
W2333585450
Cited by
17
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3
FWCI
1.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (FARB Linea 1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Keywords
DNA structure, genetic coding, information in biology, meaning of information
MeSH terms
DNA, Genetic Code, Humans, Models, Genetic

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