title: Self-reference, biologic and the structure of reproduction.
abstract: In this paper we explore the boundary shared by biology and formal systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (m/c 249), 851 South Morgan Street, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7045, USA. Electronic address: kauffman@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Louis H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Kauffman
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000379:methods*; D004261:DNA Replication; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D008433:Mathematics / Q000379:methods*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012098:Reproduction
keywords: Algebra; Biology; Cellular automaton; Container; DNA; Extainer; Logic; Quantum; Replication; Topology