The role of stochasticity in biological communication processes
Denis Noble
Abstract
Stochastic processes at molecular, cellular and higher levels in organisms are not simply noise. Organisms also use stochasticity at all levels to generate new DNA sequences, as in the immune system, and new forms of behaviour, as in the nervous system. The harnessing of stochasticity therefore endows organisms with the means to actively influence the direction of their development and evolution.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyEvolutionary biologyBiological evolutionBiological organismComputational biologyBiological systemNeuroscienceGeneticsBiological materialsGene Regulatory Network AnalysisFractal and DNA sequence analysisEvolution and Genetic Dynamics