| Title |
Laws of biology: why so few?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Systems and Synthetic Biology, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11693-009-9049-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pawan K. Dhar, Alessandro Giuliani |
| Abstract |
Finding fundamental organizing principles is the current intellectual front end of systems biology. From a hydrogen atom to the whole cell level, organisms manage massively parallel and massively interactive processes over several orders of magnitude of size. To manage this scale of informational complexity it is natural to expect organizing principles that determine higher order behavior. Currently, there are only hints of such organizing principles but no absolute evidences. Here, we present an approach as old as Mendel that could help uncover fundamental organizing principles in biology. Our approach essentially consists of identifying constants at various levels and weaving them into a hierarchical chassis. As we identify and organize constants, from pair-wise interactions to networks, our understanding of the fundamental principles in biology will improve, leading to a theory in biology. |
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| Czechia | 1 | 10% |
| Peru | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Spain | 1 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 5 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 6 | 60% |
| Scientists | 4 | 40% |
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| United States | 10 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 82% |
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| Researcher | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 20% |
| Unknown | 9 | 9% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 36 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 14% |
| Engineering | 6 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 19% |
| Unknown | 15 | 16% |
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