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DNA Evolution as a Dynamical System: A Physicalist Perspective

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There are clues indicating that DNA evolution is not a random process followed by a selecting filter. In this paper, we seek to propose a starting point to model DNA evolution as a dynamical system within the framework of Cellular Automata.

Physicalist, anyone who bases his theory on whatever it is that physics asserts.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, México, 04510, DF, México

    Pedro Miramontes

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  1. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico

    Alfredo Macias , Francisco Uribe  & Enrique Diaz ,  & 

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Miramontes, P. (2003). DNA Evolution as a Dynamical System: A Physicalist Perspective. In: Macias, A., Uribe, F., Diaz, E. (eds) Developments in Mathematical and Experimental Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0199-2_14

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