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ArticleCommunicative & integrative biology

The biocommunication method: On the road to an integrative biology.

Guenther Witzany

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Article in Communicative & integrative biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Croizat's form-making, RNA networks, and biogeography.History and philosophy of the life sciences · 2023
    Article
  2. The Compressed Vocabulary of Microbial Life.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
    Article
  3. Senomic view of the cell: SenomeCommunicative & integrative biology · 2018
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Guenther WitzanyTelos-Philosophische Praxis , Buermoos, Austria.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although molecular biology, genetics, and related special disciplines represent a large amount of empirical data, a practical method for the evaluation and overview of current knowledge is far from being realized. The main concepts and narratives in these fields have remained nearly the same for decades and the more recent empirical data concerning the role of noncoding RNAs and persistent viruses and their defectives do not fit into this scenario. A more innovative approach such as applied biocommunication theory could translate empirical data into a coherent perspective on the functions within and between biological organisms and arguably lead to a sustainable integrative biology.

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communicative actionskey levels of biocommunicationnatural languagesRNA consortiaviruses

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PMID27195071
PMCPMC4857777

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