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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Theoretical biology
  • Genetics

Background:

  • The Modern Synthesis (MS) paradigm posits evolution via random genomic changes.
  • Recent studies highlight non-genomic inheritance (DNA methylation, RNA, symbionts, culture), prompting broader evolutionary perspectives like the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES).
  • Both MS and EES agree on natural selection acting on heritable information but don't deeply explore information's nature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new, information-centric model of evolution.
  • To explore the immaterial nature of hereditary information and its role in natural selection.
  • To present the Information Continuum Model (ICM) as a unifying framework.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of evolutionary paradigms (MS, EES).
  • Philosophical inquiry into the nature of information and inheritance.
  • Development of the Information Continuum Model (ICM).

Main Results:

  • Hereditary information is immaterial, as is the quality upon which natural selection acts.
  • The Information Continuum Model (ICM) posits that information exists in diverse physical forms (DNA, RNA, symbionts, etc.).
  • Information can migrate between these physical forms, creating a continuum of evolutionary qualities.

Conclusions:

  • The ICM offers a heuristic model that transcends the limitations of specific physical carriers of hereditary information.
  • This model expands theoretical exploration of evolution by focusing on information rather than its physical substrate.
  • The ICM provides new explanatory dimensions for understanding biological system evolution.