Genomic Error-Correcting Codes in the Living World
Genomic Error-Correcting Codes in the Living World
复制标题
生命世界中的基因组纠错码
作者：
G. Battail
本文的目的是补充我们以前的工作的必要存在的纠错码赋予基因组的再生能力，而不仅仅是复制。它简要回顾了信息论和纠错码的一些基本定义和结果;概述了我们的研究;表明复制和再生的分离启发了胚细胞和体细胞之间的划分;表明某些被称为表观遗传的现象可能在纠错码的框架内找到解释;指出了一些困难，特别是与有性生殖有关的困难;批评了模板复制范式，并促使遗传学家熟悉信息论。
This paper is intended to complement our previous works on the necessary existence of error-correcting codes endowing genomes with the ability of being regenerated, not merely copied. It sketchily recalls some fundamental definitions and results of information theory and error-correcting codes; provides an overview of our research; shows that the disjunction of replication and regeneration enlightens the divide between germinal and somatic cells; suggests that some phenomena referred to as epigenetic may possibly find an explanation within the framework of error-correcting codes; points out some difficulties, especially those related to sexual reproduction; criticizes the template-replication paradigm, and prompts geneticists to become familiar with information theory.