Title The organic codes : an introduction to semantic biology / Marcello Barbieri.

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Cambridge, UK. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index.
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Contents	Foreword / Michael Ghiselin -- Ch. 1. The microscope and the cell -- The cell theory -- The problem of generation -- The problem of embryonic development -- The two versions of the cell theory -- Mechanism -- The chemical machine -- The computer model -- The autopoietic cell -- The epigenetic cell -- Ch. 2. Theories of evolution -- Traditional biology -- Lamarck's contribution -- Darwin's bet -- Natural selection -- Organs of extreme perfection -- Common descent -- The second mechanism of evolution -- The Modern Synthesis -- Molecular evolution -- The third mechanism of evolution -- Macroevolution -- Where is biology going to? -- Ch. 3. A new model for biology -- The logic of embryonic development.
Summary	Marcello Barbieri sets out his theory that there are many more organic codes in nature than the genetic code. The existence of these codes can be used to explain the major steps in the evolutionary history of life, and processes like epigenesis and complexity generation in embryos.
Subject	Biology -- Philosophy.
	Semantics (Philosophy)
	Evolution (Biology)
	Developmental biology.
	Epigenesis -- Mathematical models.
	Biology.
	NATURE -- Reference.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
	Codering.
	Signaalstoffen.
	Ontwikkelingsbiologie.
	Evolutietheorie.
	Biogenese.
	Evolution.
	Semantik.
	Epigenese.
	Mathematisches Modell.
	Entwicklungsbiologie.
	Signaltransduktion.
Other Form:	Print version: Barbieri, Marcello. Organic codes. Cambridge, UK. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521824141 0521531004 (DLC) 2002073767 (OCoLC)50124603
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