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标题：Degeneracy and complexity in biological systems
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作者：Gerald M. Edelman ; Joseph A. Gally
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2001
卷号：98
期号：24
页码：13763-13768
DOI：10.1073/pnas.231499798
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Degeneracy, the ability of elements that are structurally different to perform the same function or yield the same output, is a well known characteristic of the genetic code and immune systems. Here, we point out that degeneracy is a ubiquitous biological property and argue that it is a feature of complexity at genetic, cellular, system, and population levels. Furthermore, it is both necessary for, and an inevitable outcome of, natural selection.