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The Interface Between Chemistry and Biology — Laws Determining Regularities in Early Evolution

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Supramolecular Structure and Function

Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences ((LIFE SCIENCES))

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Biological evolution is commonly visualized as a global process leading from simple structures to complex entities, a process which is slow in comparison to the turnover of generations. No doubt, the “machinery for survival” became more and more involved and sophisticated during progress of evolution. It is really no question whether a bacterium is less complex than a leech, whether a worm is less complex than a mammal or whether an insect society is less complex than human society. But when it comes to cast the notion of complexity into precise mathematical terms we have to face enormous difficulties which are not yet solved.

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Schuster, P. (1986). The Interface Between Chemistry and Biology — Laws Determining Regularities in Early Evolution. In: Pifat-Mrzljak, G. (eds) Supramolecular Structure and Function. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70905-0_10

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