CENTRAL CURRENCY FOR FITNESS. “The quantification of the information content of genes and proteins and how this information may have evolved along the branches of the tree of life. Information is the central currency for organismal fitness, and appears to be that which increases when organisms adapt to their niche. Information about the niche is stored in genes, and used to make predictions about the future states of the environment.”
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