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Tables of Contents for The Organic Codes
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Michael Ghiselin
Dedication
xiii
Acknowledgements
xiv
Introduction
1
8
The microscope and the cell
9
24
The cell theory
10
2
The problem of generation
12
3
The problem of embryonic development
15
2
The two versions of the cell theory
17
2
Mechanism
19
2
The chemical machine
21
3
The computer model
24
3
The autopoietic cell
27
2
The epigenetic cell
29
4
Theories of evolution
33
34
Traditional biology
34
2
Lamarck's contribution
36
2
Darwin's bet
38
2
Natural selection
40
1
Organs of extreme perfection
41
3
Common descent
44
5
The second mechanism of evolution
49
2
The Modern Synthesis
51
3
Molecular evolution
54
3
The third mechanism of evolution
57
3
Macroevolution
60
3
Where is biology going to?
63
4
A new model for biology
67
26
The logic of embryonic development
67
2
Reconstructions from incomplete projections
69
2
A memory-building approach
71
4
The algebraic method
75
4
The theoretical limit
79
1
Art: an interative algebraic method
80
2
The memory matrix
82
2
Density modulation
84
2
MRM: the family of memory algorithms
86
3
The two general principles of MRM
89
4
Organic codes and organic memories
93
28
The characteristics of codes
93
3
The organic codes' fingerprints
96
3
The bridge between genes and organism
99
2
The splicing codes
101
4
The signal transduction codes
105
6
Contextual information
111
1
Determination and cell memory
112
2
The other face of pattern
114
3
Hints from developing neurons
117
2
The key structures of embryonic development
119
2
The origin of life
121
42
The primitive Earth
122
5
Chemical evolution
127
2
Postchemical evolution
129
2
The metabolism paradigm
131
3
The replication paradigm
134
4
The RNA world
138
2
Replication catastrophes
140
2
Eigen's paradox
142
3
The ribotype theory
145
3
The genetic code
148
7
Evolution of the code
155
2
The ribotype metaphor
157
2
Copymakers and codemakers
159
2
The handicapped replicator
161
2
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
163
28
The potassium world
164
2
Two forms of life
166
2
Three primary kingdoms
168
5
The last common ancestor
173
2
The origins of bacteria
175
3
The cytoskeleton
178
2
The compartments
180
2
Chromosomes
182
3
The seven kingdoms
185
2
Three thousand million years
187
4
The Cambrian explosion
191
26
The fossil record
192
1
The experimental data
193
3
Body plans and phylotypic stages
196
5
The traditional explanations
201
1
The Cambrian singularity
202
1
The stumbling-block
203
1
The reconstruction model
204
2
Multicellular structures
206
3
Biological memories
209
1
A new model of the Cambrian explosion
210
3
The conservation of the phylotypic stage
213
4
Semantic biology
217
26
The semantic theory of the cell
219
2
The semantic theory of embryonic development
221
3
The mind problem
224
2
The semantic theory of mental development
226
2
Artifacts and natural selection
228
1
The semantic theory of evolution
229
5
About organic codes
234
2
The language model
236
1
The Individuality Thesis
237
3
The development of semantic biology
240
3
A brief summary
243
12
The first principle
244
1
The second principle
245
1
The third principle
246
1
The fourth principle
247
1
The first model
248
1
The second model
249
1
The third model
250
1
The fourth model
251
2
Conclusion
253
2
Appendix Definitions of life
255
10
Afterword
265
14
Jack Cohen
References
279
16
Index
295