Abstract

Review Article

An Executive Information System: Inherent Information and Functional Information

Zanou Ayao Edoh*

Published: 31 October, 2023 | Volume 6 - Issue 1 | Pages: 007-012

This review article deals with quantum biology, the new tool that helps traditional biology unravel some mysteries concerning life and living organisms on Earth. We use Einstein’s famous equation to explain how an unknown energy realm creates the material universe. We demonstrate how material existence precedes living existence and elucidate how non-living atoms transition to living molecules, Francis Crick’s faded dream that comes to reality. Finally, we expose the two types of Information available inside a cell to sustain life in living organisms and elaborate on a new formulation of the biogenesis theory.

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Keywords:

Evolution; Abiogenesis; Darwinism; The selfish gene; Signature in the cell; Energy realm; Material universe; Spontaneous generation

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