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生命的物理学:探究信息作为生命系统的独特特征

The Physics of Life: Exploring Information as a Distinctive Feature of Living Systems

Stuart Bartlett, Andrew W. Eckford, Matthew Egbert, Manasvi Lingam, Artemy Kolchinsky, Adam Frank, Gourab Ghoshal

AI总结:

本文提出信息是生命系统的核心独特特征,讨论相关理论框架,阐述其在生命起源、天体生物学等领域的意义,并提及可验证的实验平台,推动对生命信息动力学的跨领域理解。

摘要:

本文探讨了信息是生命系统一项核心且独特特征的观点。与非生命系统不同,生命系统会主动获取、处理并利用关于其环境的信息,以应对不断变化的条件、维持自身生存并实现其他内在目标。我们讨论了相关的理论框架,例如“语义信息”和“信息适应度价值”。我们还强调了本视角对生命起源研究、天体生物学等领域的更广泛意义。具体而言,我们谈及向信息驱动系统的转变是非生物发生过程中的关键一步、信息约束是行星宜居性的决定因素,以及用于探测地外生命的信息生物标志物。我们简要讨论了可在受控环境中研究这些理论概念的实验平台。通过整合理论与实验方法,本视角深化了我们对生命信息动力学及其跨多科学领域普遍原理的理解。

英文摘要:

This paper explores the idea that information is an essential and distinctive feature of living systems. Unlike non-living systems, living systems actively acquire, process, and use information about their environments to respond to changing conditions, sustain themselves, and achieve other intrinsic goals. We discuss relevant theoretical frameworks such as ``semantic information'' and ``fitness value of information''. We also highlight the broader implications of our perspective for fields such as origins-of-life research and astrobiology. In particular, we touch on the transition to information-driven systems as a key step in abiogenesis, informational constraints as determinants of planetary habitability, and informational biosignatures for detecting life beyond Earth. We briefly discuss experimental platforms which offer opportunities to investigate these theoretical concepts in controlled environments. By integrating theoretical and experimental approaches, this perspective advances our understanding of life's informational dynamics and its universal principles across diverse scientific domains.

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