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The evolution of universal adaptations of life is driven by universal properties of matter: energy, entropy, and interaction.
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- Evolution is driven by natural autoencoding: reframing species, interaction codes, cooperation and sexual reproduction.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Beyond COVID-19: Do biothermodynamic properties allow predicting the future evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants?Microbial risk analysis · 2022Article
- Arrow of Time, Entropy, and Protein Folding: Holistic View on Biochirality.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Intersubjectivity as an antidote to stress: Using dyadic active inference model of intersubjectivity to predict the efficacy of parenting interventions in reducing stress-through the lens of dependent origination in Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The evolution of multicellular eukaryotes expresses two sorts of adaptations: local adaptations like fur or feathers, which characterize species in particular environments, and universal adaptations like microbiomes or sexual reproduction, which characterize most multicellulars in any environment. We reason that the mechanisms driving the universal adaptations of multicellulars should themselves be universal, and propose a mechanism based on properties of matter and systems:
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