Codes and Evolution : The Origin of Absolute Novelties

• Autore: Barbieri Marcello
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Arbitrary Rules -- 1.2 The Mechanisms of Evolution -- 1.3 Code Biology -- 1.4 About This Book -- Part I: The History of Code Biology -- Chapter 2: Ribosome Microcrystals -- Appendix: A Gallery of Eukaryotic Ribosome Microcrystals (Plates 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6) -- Chapter 3: Semantic Biology -- 3.1 Aristotle and Embryonic Development -- 3.2 Do We Understand Development? -- 3.3 The Reconstruction Model -- 3.4 Reconstructions with Memories and Codes -- 3.5 The Semantic Theory of Development -- 3.6 A New Model of the Cell -- 3.7 The Ribotype Theory on the Origin of Life -- 3.8 The Conservation Problem -- 3.9 The Semantic Theory of Evolution -- 3.10 A Few Encouraging Comments -- Appendix: Letters from Karl Popper and René Thom -- Chapter 4: The New World of Codes -- 4.1 The First Ten Codes -- 4.2 The Genetic Code -- 4.3 The Metabolic Code -- 4.4 The Hox Codes -- 4.5 The Sequence Codes -- 4.6 The Adhesion Codes -- 4.7 The Histone Code -- 4.8 The Sugar Code -- 4.9 The Signal Transduction Codes -- 4.10 The Cytoskeleton Codes -- 4.11 The Splicing Codes -- 4.12 Hundreds of Biological Codes -- Appendix: Code Biology Database-A List of Biological Codes -- Chapter 5: From Biosemiotics to Code Biology -- 5.1 Signs and Semiosis -- 5.2 The Code Model of Semiosis -- 5.3 The Heritage of Charles Peirce -- 5.4 The Heritage of Thomas Sebeok -- 5.5 A Book Review -- 5.6 A Brief History of Mechanism -- 5.7 What Is Mechanism? -- 5.8 The Brain and the Cell -- 5.9 Life and Hermeneutics -- 5.10 Anticipation at the Cellular Level -- 5.11 Interpretation at the Cellular Level -- 5.12 The Birth of Code Biology -- Part II: The Great Events of Macroevolution -- Chapter 6: The Divide Between Life and Matter -- 6.1 Ancestral Life -- 6.2 The Replication-First View -- 6.3 The Replication Catastrophes. ; 6.4 The Metabolism-First View -- 6.5 The Chemical Paradigm -- 6.6 The Information Paradigm -- 6.7 The Molecules of Chemistry and the Molecules of Life -- 6.8 The Discovery of New Worlds -- 6.9 The Divide Between Life and Matter -- Chapter 7: Evolution of the Genetic Code -- 7.1 The Genetic Code -- 7.2 The RNA World -- 7.3 Ancestral and Ancient Genetic Code -- 7.4 Statistical Proteins -- 7.5 The Ancestral Ribosomes -- 7.6 Two Types of Errors -- 7.7 The Ancestral Adaptors -- 7.8 The Mechanism of Ambiguity-Reduction -- 7.9 The Optimization Process -- 7.10 The Revolution of the Genetic Code -- 7.11 The Origin of Arbitrariness -- Chapter 8: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes -- 8.1 The Cell Theory -- 8.2 The Energy Revolution -- 8.3 The First Cells -- 8.4 The Common Ancestor -- 8.5 Consumers and Producers -- 8.6 The Intermediate Ancestors -- 8.7 The Phylogenetic Trees -- 8.8 Two or Three Primary Kingdoms? -- 8.9 The Problem of Complexity -- Chapter 9: The Cambrian Explosion -- 9.1 The Fossil Record -- 9.2 The Cambrian Explosion -- 9.3 The Classification of Animals -- 9.4 The Origin of the Body-Plan -- 9.5 A Cascade of Inductions -- 9.6 Cell Fate and Cell Memory -- 9.7 Genes in Development -- 9.8 Codes in Development -- 9.9 The Foundational Codes -- Chapter 10: The Origin of Mind -- 10.1 A Universal Neural Code -- 10.2 Evolving the Neuron -- 10.3 The Intermediate Brain -- 10.4 Conscious and Unconscious -- 10.5 The Processing of Visual Signals -- 10.6 The Adaptors of the Brain -- 10.7 Evolution of the Neural Code -- 10.8 First Person Experiences -- 10.9 Theories of Mind -- Chapter 11: The Origin of Language -- 11.1 Two Different Views of Language -- 11.2 What Is Language? -- 11.3 A Juvenile Ape -- 11.4 A Unique Type of Development -- 11.5 A New Modelling System -- 11.6 The Mechanism of Language Development -- 11.7 A Hidden Asymmetry. ; 11.8 Steps in the Ontogeny of Mind -- 11.9 Steps in the Development of Language -- 11.10 Determination and Differentiation -- 11.11 Semantics and Syntax -- Chapter 12: Conclusion -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Codes and Evolution
• ISBN: 3-031-58484-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910857791003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biosemiotics Series