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  • Systems biology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Data science

Background:

  • Advanced measurement techniques generate vast, high-dimensional biological data.
  • Understanding complex biological systems requires distilling underlying principles from this data.
  • Dimensionality reduction is crucial for analyzing complex biological datasets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose that living systems inherently perform dimensional reduction.
  • To explain how evolution and phenotypic plasticity contribute to this reduction.
  • To differentiate genuine hallmarks of life from generic data properties using geometric insights.

Main Methods:

  • Applying geometric insights to analyze biological data.
  • Investigating dimensional reduction in the context of protein evolution.
  • Developing a general framework for analyzing biological systems.

Main Results:

  • Living systems learn relevant aspects of physical reality, achieving dimensional reduction.
  • Geometric methods can identify unique properties of life within complex data.
  • Protein evolution serves as a model for understanding this principle.

Conclusions:

  • Life's ability to learn is key to its dimensional reduction capabilities.
  • Geometric analysis provides a powerful tool for systems biology.
  • The proposed framework can be applied to diverse biological systems.