FAILURE OF REDUCTIONISM. “We argue here for the recognition of functional ‘modules’ as a critical level of biological organization. Modules are composed of many types of molecule. They have discrete functions that arise from interactions among their components (proteins, DNA, RNA and small molecules), but these functions cannot easily be predicted by studying the properties of the isolated components.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/35011540
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022