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Thermodynamics and evolution.

Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Sept 2000

Demetrius L

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The science of thermodynamics is concerned with understanding the properties of inanimate matter in so far as they are determined by changes in temperature. The Second Law asserts that in irreversible processes there is a uni-directional increase in thermodynamic entropy, a measure of the degree of uncertainty in the thermal energy state of a randomly chosen particle in the aggregate. The science of evolution is...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Entropy
Models, Biological
Mutation
Selection, Genetic
Thermodynamics

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PMID: 10968933
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2106

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