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Preface
Introduction
Contents
About the Author
1: Nature of Life: Structuralism and Functionalities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Life as a Natural Phenomenon
1.3 What Separates Life from Other Natural Phenomena
1.4 Why Does Life Defy Formal Definition?
1.5 Involuted Manifold Model of a Typical Natural Phenomenon
1.6 Involuted Manifold Model of Life
1.7 The Reason Why Life Is Difficult to Be Formalized
1.8 Is There a Common Structure of Life?
1.9 Are There Any Definitive Functionalities of Life?
1.10 The Semantics of This Relationship Between Structuralism and Functionalities
1.11 Why Does Life Defy Common Semantics?
1.12 Involuted Model of the Relationship Between Structuralism and Functionalities
1.13 Involuted Model of Biological Structuralism and Functionalities
1.14 Involuted Model of Natural Selection
1.15 Conventional Perspective of Natural Selection
1.16 Why Natural Selection Cannot Be Rationalized by the Conventional Model
1.17 Need to Reinterpret Darwinian Paradigm
1.18 Conclusion
References
2: Nature of Relationship Between a Genotype and Phenotype
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Formal Description of the Relationship Between Structuralism and Functionalities
2.3 Comparison with the Relationship Between Genotype and Phenotype
2.4 Generic Description of Dualities
2.5 Significance of Genotype and Phenotype
2.6 Conventional Perspective of the Relationship Between Genotype and Phenotype
2.7 Semantic Ambiguities of the Conventional Perspective
2.8 Origins of Semantic Ambiguities
2.9 Can We Redefine Genotype and Phenotype Within the Darwinian Paradigm?
2.10 Problem of Complexity in the Darwinian Paradigm
2.11 Semantics of Complexity in Biological Evolution
2.12 Why Do We Need to Reinterpret Darwinian Theory?
2.13 Emergence of Complexity in the Involuted Model
2.14 Redefining Genotype and Phenotype
2.15 New Explanation of the Emergence of Complexity
2.16 Role of Genotype and Phenotype in the Emergence of Complexity
2.17 Semantics of Dualities
2.18 Conclusion
References
3: Nature of Genomic Architecture: A Topological Model of Genome
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Conventional Perspective of Natural Selection
3.3 Proposed Model of Natural Selection
3.4 Postulate of Natural Selection
3.5 Explicit Genomic Architecture
3.6 Implicit Genomic Architecture
3.7 Postulate of Genomic Architecture
3.8 Functional Genome Versus Structural Genome
3.9 Nature of Long-Range Influences in Genome
3.10 Postulate of Long-Range Influences
3.11 Units of Selection Versus Units of Inheritance
3.12 Topological Model of Genomic Unit Genotope
3.13 Semantics of Genotope
3.14 The Relationship Between Genotype and Phenotype Using Genotope
3.15 Natural Selection and Genotope
Preface
Introduction
Contents
About the Author
1: Nature of Life: Structuralism and Functionalities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Life as a Natural Phenomenon
1.3 What Separates Life from Other Natural Phenomena
1.4 Why Does Life Defy Formal Definition?
1.5 Involuted Manifold Model of a Typical Natural Phenomenon
1.6 Involuted Manifold Model of Life
1.7 The Reason Why Life Is Difficult to Be Formalized
1.8 Is There a Common Structure of Life?
1.9 Are There Any Definitive Functionalities of Life?
1.10 The Semantics of This Relationship Between Structuralism and Functionalities
1.11 Why Does Life Defy Common Semantics?
1.12 Involuted Model of the Relationship Between Structuralism and Functionalities
1.13 Involuted Model of Biological Structuralism and Functionalities
1.14 Involuted Model of Natural Selection
1.15 Conventional Perspective of Natural Selection
1.16 Why Natural Selection Cannot Be Rationalized by the Conventional Model
1.17 Need to Reinterpret Darwinian Paradigm
1.18 Conclusion
References
2: Nature of Relationship Between a Genotype and Phenotype
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Formal Description of the Relationship Between Structuralism and Functionalities
2.3 Comparison with the Relationship Between Genotype and Phenotype
2.4 Generic Description of Dualities
2.5 Significance of Genotype and Phenotype
2.6 Conventional Perspective of the Relationship Between Genotype and Phenotype
2.7 Semantic Ambiguities of the Conventional Perspective
2.8 Origins of Semantic Ambiguities
2.9 Can We Redefine Genotype and Phenotype Within the Darwinian Paradigm?
2.10 Problem of Complexity in the Darwinian Paradigm
2.11 Semantics of Complexity in Biological Evolution
2.12 Why Do We Need to Reinterpret Darwinian Theory?
2.13 Emergence of Complexity in the Involuted Model
2.14 Redefining Genotype and Phenotype
2.15 New Explanation of the Emergence of Complexity
2.16 Role of Genotype and Phenotype in the Emergence of Complexity
2.17 Semantics of Dualities
2.18 Conclusion
References
3: Nature of Genomic Architecture: A Topological Model of Genome
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Conventional Perspective of Natural Selection
3.3 Proposed Model of Natural Selection
3.4 Postulate of Natural Selection
3.5 Explicit Genomic Architecture
3.6 Implicit Genomic Architecture
3.7 Postulate of Genomic Architecture
3.8 Functional Genome Versus Structural Genome
3.9 Nature of Long-Range Influences in Genome
3.10 Postulate of Long-Range Influences
3.11 Units of Selection Versus Units of Inheritance
3.12 Topological Model of Genomic Unit Genotope
3.13 Semantics of Genotope
3.14 The Relationship Between Genotype and Phenotype Using Genotope
3.15 Natural Selection and Genotope