Living SystemsOffering a detailed analysis of each of the major aspects and characteristics encountered at all seven levels, Living Systems identifies multiple variables of each of 9 matter-energy and information-processing subsystems, the normal and pathological states of these variables, and practical indicators for measuring changes in them. It also specifies cross-level formal identities among the levels and describes the artifacts, machines, or technologies at each level. |
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... organelles , of molecules . About at the level of crystallizing viruses , like the tobacco mosaic virus , the subset of living systems begins . Viruses are necessarily parasitic on cells , so cells are the lowest level of living systems ...
... organelles , of molecules . About at the level of crystallizing viruses , like the tobacco mosaic virus , the subset of living systems begins . Viruses are necessarily parasitic on cells , so cells are the lowest level of living systems ...
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... organelles for subsystem processes such as ingesting . Some have chloroplasts and are capable of photosyn- thesis . Many have motor organelles . Reproduction may be asexual , by division , or sexual . This kingdom includes the ...
... organelles for subsystem processes such as ingesting . Some have chloroplasts and are capable of photosyn- thesis . Many have motor organelles . Reproduction may be asexual , by division , or sexual . This kingdom includes the ...
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... organelles . As the final stage in mitosis begins , a furrow appears in the cytoplasm , exactly in the plane that divides the spindles ( see Fig . 6-12H ) . 52 If for any reason the mitotic apparatus is not centrally located , the new ...
... organelles . As the final stage in mitosis begins , a furrow appears in the cytoplasm , exactly in the plane that divides the spindles ( see Fig . 6-12H ) . 52 If for any reason the mitotic apparatus is not centrally located , the new ...
Contents
Tables of the Critical Subsystems | xi |
Preface to the First Edition | xxvii |
Outline of Chapters 3 4 and 6 through 12 | xxxviii |
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