Construction Kits in Biology

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• Construction Kitsconcept0.845
• Construction Kits Theoryframework0.776
  Sloman's framework describing biological evolution and development as using fundamental and derived construction kits (FCK and DCK) to assemble complex mechanisms.
• Fundamental Construction Kitframework0.773
  Sloman's framework extending Schrödinger: the minimal physical laws and structures required to support all biological derived construction kits.
• Derived Construction Kitframework0.771
  Sloman's concept: organism-specific or species-specific construction kits for development and control, layered atop fundamental kit.
• Fundamental Construction Kit (FCK)concept0.737
  The basic physical and chemical mechanisms (e.g., quantum stability) that enable the existence of derived construction kits in biology.
• Code Biologyframework0.734
  Barbieri's framework treating biological processes as code-based; cited as a conceptual tool from engineering/information sciences applicable to biology
• Biological Softwareconcept0.728
  The paper's characterization of living organisms' causal patterns as software — evolving, self-organizing, self-perpetuating, agentic — distinct from engineered code
• Derived Construction Kit (DCK)concept0.728
  Complex assemblies (e.g., organs, neural circuits) built using fundamental kits, enabling diverse biological forms and behaviors.