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  • Theoretical Biology
  • Biophysics

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  • Defining the essential characteristics of biological life remains a central challenge in biology.
  • Existing frameworks often focus on metabolism or genetics, but a unifying principle is sought.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and elaborate on a core thesis identifying the defining feature of biological life.
  • To explore the nature of biological control and regulation as the fundamental aspect of life.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis and theoretical development.
  • Examination of hierarchical and reciprocal control mechanisms in biological systems.
  • Exploration of information requirements for biological control processes.

Main Results:

  • The key feature of biological life is the capacity of a biological process to control and regulate other processes.
  • This control is maintained over time and can operate hierarchically or reciprocally in three-dimensional space.
  • Biological control information pertains to regulation, not the content of controlled processes, leveraging environmental complexity.

Conclusions:

  • Self-regulation and control are identified as the essential, defining characteristics of biological systems.
  • This perspective offers a new framework for understanding life's fundamental properties and organization.
  • Biological entities harness environmental complexity to facilitate and maintain regulatory control.