The great ideas of biology
Paul Nurse
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.3-6-560
Clin Med November 2003 Paul Nurse
Cancer Research UK

Abstract
Four of the great ideas of biology are discussed: the cell as the basic structural and functional unit of life, the gene as the mechanism of heredity, evolution by natural selection, and life as chemistry. A fifth idea is explored whereby biological organisation is explained in terms of logical and informational processes and structures.
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The great ideas of biology
Paul Nurse
Clinical Medicine Nov 2003, 3 (6) 560-568; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-6-560
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