Information: Its interpretation, its inheritance, and its sharing
Information: Its interpretation, its inheritance, and its sharing
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DOI：
10.1086/344621
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发表时间：
2002-12-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Jablonka, E
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作者：
Jablonka, E
信息的语义概念是生物学中最重要、也是最有问题的概念之一。我建议对生物信息进行广泛的定义：当解释接收者能够以功能方式对源的形式（以及这种形式的变化）做出反应时，源就成为信息输入。该定义容纳了来自环境线索和进化信号的信息，并要求对不同类型的遗传系统（遗传、表观遗传、行为和文化象征）中的信息传递进行比较。这种比较视角强调了信息获取和传递的不同方式，以及这些信息在遗传和进化中发挥的作用。关注信息传输的特殊属性，这些属性与材料或能量传输的相关属性非常不同，也有助于揭示有趣的进化效应，并为通信进化的某些方面提出更好的解释。
The semantic concept of information is one of the most important, and one of the most problematical concepts in biology. I suggest a broad definition of biological information: a source becomes an informational input when an interpreting receiver can react to the form of the source (and variations in this form) in a functional manner. The definition accommodates information stemming from environmental cues as well as from evolved signals, and calls for a comparison between information-transmission in different types of inheritance systems-the genetic, the epigenetic, the behavioral, and the cultural-symbolic. This comparative perspective highlights the different ways in which information is acquired and transmitted, and the role that such information plays in heredity and evolution. Focusing on the special properties of the transfer of information, which are very different from those associated with the transfer of materials or energy, also helps to uncover interesting evolutionary effects and suggests better explanations for some aspects of the evolution of communication.