Article
The evolution of universal adaptations of life is driven by universal properties of matter: energy, entropy, and interaction.
F1000Research - 1 Jan 2020
Cohen Irun R, Marron Assaf
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of multicellular eukaryotes expresses two sorts of adaptations: local adaptations like fur or feathers, which characterize species in particular environments, and universal adaptations like microbiomes or sexual reproduction, which characterize most multicellulars in any environment. We reason that the mechanisms driving the universal adaptations of multicellulars should themselves be universal, and...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Entropy
- Humans
- Metabolic Networks and Pathways
- Microbiota
- Phenotype
- Reproduction