A new biological law ... may have contributed to our evolution over time. More jes2ufoto/Getty However, selectively advantageous instability may also take a toll when it comes to aging.

It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about ...

A molecular biologist at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences may have found a new "rule of biology." A rule of biology, sometimes called a biological law, describes a recognized ...

A molecular biologist at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences may have found a new “rule of biology.” A rule of biology, sometimes called a biological law ... may contribute to aging ...

and the accumulation of genetic mutations that may be either harmful or benign. This is how we end up with biological aging, Tower speculates. Yet without instability and its downsides ...

Now 164 years later, nine scientists and philosophers on Monday proposed a new law ... may enable evolution; and the emergence of novel characteristics as an adaptation to an environment. Some ...

A molecular biologist at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences may have found a new “rule of biology.” A rule of biology, sometimes called a biological law, describes a ...

More information: John Tower, Selectively advantageous instability in biotic and pre-biotic systems and implications for evolution and aging, Frontiers in Aging (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2024.1376060 ...