Modularity as a universal emergent property of biological traits.

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An emergent property of an entity is one that results from the organization or interaction of its components. Here I argue that modularity (discreteness) is a universal emergent property of organismic traits that results from the universal bounded responsiveness, to inputs (e.g., genomic or environmental), of the phenotype at all levels of organization. While degree of modularity is variable and may be subject to...

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