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A relational theory of the structural changes induced in biological systems by alterations in environment

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It is shown that a wide variety of structural alterations in both the “metabolic” and “genetic” apparatus of (\(\mathfrak{M}\), ℜ)-systems can result from specific changes in the environment of such systems. A number of specific examples are investigated in order to demonstrate the scope of these alterations. Certain biological applications of this discussion are suggested, including a suggestion for a possible interpretation of the mitotic cycle.

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  1. Committee on Mathematical Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Robert Rosen

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This research was supported by the United States Air Force through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research of the Air Research and Development Command, under Contract #AF 49 (638)-917.

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Rosen, R. A relational theory of the structural changes induced in biological systems by alterations in environment. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 23, 165–171 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02477470

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