RT Journal Article
T1 What are the principles that govern life?
A1 Gómez Márquez, Jaime José
K1 Life rules
K1 Vital determinism
K1 Evolution
K1 Cooperativity
K1 Reformulated central dogma
K1 Entropy and life
AB We know that living matter must behave in accordance with the universal laws of physics and chemistry. However, these laws are insufficient to explain the specific characteristics of the vital phenomenon and, therefore, we need new principles, intrinsic to biology, which are the basis for developing a theoretical framework for understanding life. Here I propose what I call the seven commandments of life (the Vital Order, the Principle of Inexorability, the reformulated Central Dogma, the Tyranny of Time, the Evolutionary Imperative, the Conservative Rule, the Cooperating Thrust) as a set of principles that help us explain the vital phenomenon from an evolutionary perspective. In a metaphorical way, we can consider life like an endless race in which living beings are the runners, who are changing as the race goes on (the evolutionary process), and the commandments the rules
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23457
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23457
LA eng
NO Jaime Gómez-Márquez (2020) What are the principles that govern life?, Communicative & Integrative Biology, 13:1, 97-107, DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2020.1803591
DS Minerva
RD 29 abr 2026