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The biological Maxwell's demons: exploring ideas about the information processing in biological systems
Theory in Biosciences ( IF 1.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-27 , DOI: 10.1007/s12064-021-00354-6
Eduardo Mizraji 1
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This work is based on ideas supported by some of the biologists who discovered foundational facts of twentieth-century biology and who argued that Maxwell's demons are physically implemented by biological devices. In particular, JBS Haldane first, and later J. Monod, A, Lwoff and F. Jacob argued that enzymes and molecular receptors implemented Maxwell's demons that operate in systems far removed from thermodynamic equilibrium and that were responsible for creating the biological order. Later, these ideas were extended to other biological processes. In this article, we argue that these biological Maxwell's demons (BMD) are systems that have information processing capabilities that allow them to select their inputs and direct their outputs toward targets. In this context, we propose the idea that these BMD are information catalysts in which the processed information has broad thermodynamic consequences.



中文翻译:

生物麦克斯韦恶魔:探索生物系统中信息处理的思想

这项工作基于一些生物学家支持的观点,这些生物学家发现了 20 世纪生物学的基本事实,并认为麦克斯韦恶魔是由生物设备在物理上实现的。特别是,首先是 JBS Haldane,后来是 J. Monod、A、Lwoff 和 F. Jacob 认为,酶和分子受体实现了麦克斯韦恶魔,这些恶魔在远离热力学平衡的系统中运行,并且负责创建生物秩序。后来,这些想法被扩展到其他生物过程。在本文中,我们认为这些生物麦克斯韦恶魔 (BMD) 是具有信息处理能力的系统,允许它们选择输入并将输出指向目标。在这种情况下,

更新日期:2021-08-27
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