Functional biology in its natural context: A search for emergent simplicity

2021/06/07 by Joy Bergelson, Martin Kreitman, Dmitri A. Petrov +2 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks #Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies #Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

paper · doi:10.7554/elife.67646

openalex publication_date 2021/06/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

The immeasurable complexity at every level of biological organization creates a daunting task for understanding biological function. Here, we highlight the risks of stripping it away at the outset and discuss a possible path toward arriving at emergent simplicity of understanding while still embracing the ever-changing complexity of biotic interactions that we see in nature.

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• A very interesting read on functional biology extracted from its evo-eco context: doi.org/10.7554/eLif... [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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