| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 40, Number 3, November I 1997
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 343 - 343 | |
| Section | Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00469-9 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Does information theory explain biological evolution?
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications,
Département Communications et URA 820 du CNRS,
46 rue Barrault, F-75634 Paris Cedex 13, France
Received:
20
May
1997
Accepted:
25
September
1997
It is suggested that Dawkins' model of evolution needs error-correction coding in the genome replication process. Nested coding is moreover assumed. Consequences of these hypotheses are drawn using fundamental results of information theory. Genome replication is dealt with independently of phenotype encoding, which pertains to semantics. The proposed hypotheses enable explaining facts of genetics and evolution, including the existence of redundant DNA (the introns), the observed correlation between the rate of mutations on the one hand, the genome length and the redundancy rate on the other hand, the discreteness of species and the trend of eukaryotes evolution towards complexity.
PACS: 87.10.+e – General, theoretical, and mathematical biophysics (including logic of biosystems, quantum biology, and relevant aspects of thermodynamics, information theory, cybernetics, and bionics)
© EDP Sciences, 1997
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