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The great ideas of biology

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

Key Words
  • biochemistry
  • cell
  • evolution
  • fermentation
  • gene
  • history
  • hybridisation
  • information
  • organisation
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Clinical Medicine Nov 2003, 3 (6) 560-568; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-6-560

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