title: Time rescaling and pattern formation in biological evolution.
abstract: Biological evolution is analyzed as a process of continuous measurement in which biosystems interpret themselves in the environment resulting in changes of both. This leads to rescaling of internal time (heterochrony) followed by spatial reconstructions of morphology (heterotopy). The logical precondition of evolution is the incompleteness of biosystem's internal description, while the physical precondition is the uncertainty of quantum measurement. The process of evolution is based on perpetual changes in interpretation of information in the changing world. In this interpretation the external biospheric gradients are used for establishment of new features of organization. It is concluded that biological evolution involves the anticipatory epigenetic changes in the interpretation of genetic symbolism which cannot generally be forecasted but can provide canalization of structural transformations defined by the existing organization and leading to predictable patterns of form generation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3X9, Canada. Electronic address: igamberdiev@mun.ca.
authors.forename: Abir U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Igamberdiev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D035501:Uncertainty
keywords: Biospreading; Epigenetic change; Heterochrony; Heterotopy; Quantum measurement; Uncertainty