| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.021
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| 论文题名: | An information hypothesis for the evolution of homeostasis |
| 作者: | Woods H.A.; Wilson J.K.
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| 刊名: | Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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| ISSN: | 1695347
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| 出版年: | 2013
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| 卷: | 28, 期:5 | | 起始页码: | 283
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| 结束页码: | 289
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | Communication
; Emergent properties
; Entropy
; Homeostasis
; Information theory
; Metazoa
; Noise
; Physiology
; Private channels
; Regulation
; Signal processing
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| Scopus关键词: | communication behavior
; entropy
; evolutionary biology
; homeostasis
; hypothesis testing
; metazoan
; noise
; physiology
; adaptation
; animal
; evolution
; genetics
; homeostasis
; human
; information science
; physiology
; review
; Adaptation, Physiological
; Animals
; Biological Evolution
; Homeostasis
; Humans
; Information Theory
; Animalia
; Metazoa
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| 英文摘要: | A prevailing view among physiologists is that homeostasis evolves to protect organisms from damaging variation in physiological factors. Here, we propose that homeostasis also evolves to minimize noise in physiological channels. Fluctuations in physiological factors constitute inescapable noise that corrupts the transfer of information through physiological systems. We apply information theory to homeostasis to develop two related ideas. First, homeostatic regulation creates quiet physiological backgrounds for the transmission of all kinds of physiological information. Second, the performance of any homeostatic system influences information processing in other homeostatic systems. This dependence implies that multiple homeostatic systems, embedded within individual organisms, should show strongly nonadditive effects. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/67427
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| Appears in Collections: | 全球变化的国际研究计划
气候变化与战略
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作者单位: | Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, United States
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Woods H.A.,Wilson J.K.. An information hypothesis for the evolution of homeostasis[J]. Trends in Ecology and Evolution,2013-01-01,28(5)
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