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Self-organized living systems: conjunction of a stable organization with chaotic fluctuations in biological space-time.
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences - 15 Jun 2003
Auffray Charles, Imbeaud Sandrine, Roux-Rouquié Magali, Hood Leroy
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Living systems have paradoxical thermodynamic stability, the intrinsic property of self-organization, fluctuation and adaptation to their changing environment. Knowledge accumulated in the analytical reductionist framework has provided useful systematic descriptions of biological systems which appear to be insufficient to gain deep understanding of their behaviour in physiologic conditions and diseases. A...
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