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Biological systems are the systems that use energy flow through them to create order. In biological processes each step is carefully marked in terms of free energy before and afterwards. On thermodynamics term the change of entropy is minimal. Evolution is driven by minimizing the time rate of an increase in entropy (ds/dt → minimal).
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Valkovic, V. (1990). Origin of Trace Element Requirements by Living Matter. In: Gruber, B., Yopp, J.H. (eds) Symmetries in Science IV. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0597-2_11
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