title: Self-organisation and living systems: Is DNA an 'artificial intelligence'?
abstract: There seems little doubt that the maintenance and development of living systems is crucially dependent on an internal organisation of monumental complexity--particularly in higher living species. It is suggested that current thinking--particularly relating to the role of DNA in the total process cannot explain the underlying mechanisms and that a radical rethinking will be necessary. To this end it is proposed that DNA has a unique molecular electronic structure enabling it to operate as a computer analogue system for the highly efficient storage of information and as a type of artificial intelligence through which the information is translated and implemented to organise and control all aspects of the construction and activity of living systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology (Annexe), Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D004247:DNA; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D004247:DNA