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A system-level genetic code is a hypothetical genetic code that exclusively or preferentially codes systems of interacting coadapted parts. System-level genetic codes differ from part-level genetic codes in which each discrete part is coded independently. In general, a system-level genetic code requires coding discrete interacting parts such as organs or proteins in an interdependent way. Changing a single symbol or "gene" in a system-level genetic code affects two or more parts in a coordinated way. System-level genetic codes provide a plausible mechanism for evolution by leaps also known as systemic macromutations or hopeful monsters without invoking an intelligent agent, vitalistic forces, or new laws of physics. A system-level genetic code may explain the rapid appearance of new forms of life in the fossil record such as the Cambrian Explosion in which most invertebrate phyla appeared. A system-level genetic code may explain the origin of complex integrative systems of tightly coadapted proteins such as the blood coagulation cascade in which the removal or structural modification of any single part breaks the system. It is demonstrated that a simple system-level genetic code ca

Author

McGowan, John F.

Published

2000

Language

EN