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Evolution of Biological Information: Lizards and a “New” Organ

The first experiment that Christoph Adami discusses is one where scientists transported lizards from one island to another. Read More ›
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Evolution of Biological Information: HIV Evolution

What Christoph Adami’s results actually show is that when HIV is subjected to the protease inhibitors, the sequence variability increases. Read More ›
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Evolution of Biological Information: The Line of Descent

In the end, Christoph Adami’s method has not shown anything about the entropy or information content of ancestral sequences. Read More ›
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Evolution of Biological Information: Maxwell’s Demon

Maxwell’s demon is a hypothetical entity that can increase the energy in a compartment by choosing to admit or exclude incoming particles based on speed. Read More ›
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Evolution of Biological Information: The Definition of Information

Whether the driveway is wet provides information about whether it rained. If the driveway is dry, it certainly has not rained. Read More ›

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