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  • Systems Biology
  • Genetics

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  • Living systems exhibit adaptation and reproduction, requiring environmental and self-monitoring.
  • Both processes are linked to genomic DNA expression and cellular integration.
  • Current understanding separates information sources for adaptation and reproduction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a unified mechanism for cellular integration and adaptation.
  • To explore the role of DNA's dual coding capacity in biological processes.
  • To investigate how distinct DNA information types facilitate systemic coordination.

Main Methods:

  • Review of biological systems across different complexity levels.
  • Analysis of DNA's property as a double coding device.
  • Inference of information inter-conversion mechanisms within DNA.

Main Results:

  • DNA's unique double coding property enables information integration.
  • Two distinct types of information are encoded within DNA.
  • Inter-conversion of these DNA information types is crucial for biological functions.

Conclusions:

  • DNA's dual coding capacity is fundamental for integrating biological processes.
  • The inter-conversion of DNA information underlies coordinated adaptation and reproduction.
  • This self-referential DNA mechanism unifies cellular functions.