Reductionism and the search for structure-function relationships in antibody molecules.

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One of the claims of reductionism is that it can explain all the features of living systems by an analysis of their physico-chemical constituents. Such a claim disregards the existence in biological systems of emergent properties that do not exist in their isolated components but which allow autonomous organisms to be directively organized in a self-regulated and integrated manner. It is not possible to describe...

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