The growth and development of living organisms from the thermodynamic point of view

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Main Authors: Zotin, Alexei A., Pokrovskii, Vladimir N.
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author Zotin, Alexei A.
Pokrovskii, Vladimir N.
author_facet Zotin, Alexei A.
Pokrovskii, Vladimir N.
contents The living organism is considered as an open system, whereas Prigogine's approach to the thermodynamics of such systems is used. The approach allows one to formulate the law of individual growth and development (ontogenesis) of the living organism, whereas it has taken into account that the development and functioning of the system are occurring under the special internal program. The thermodynamic equation of growth is followed a method of estimation of the specific entropy of organism. The theory is compared with experimental data, whereas estimates of the specific entropy of some species were done; it shows a reduction of specific entropy in the evolutionary row: yeast - insects - reptiles - birds.
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spellingShingle The growth and development of living organisms from the thermodynamic point of view
Zotin, Alexei A.
Pokrovskii, Vladimir N.
Biological Physics
The living organism is considered as an open system, whereas Prigogine's approach to the thermodynamics of such systems is used. The approach allows one to formulate the law of individual growth and development (ontogenesis) of the living organism, whereas it has taken into account that the development and functioning of the system are occurring under the special internal program. The thermodynamic equation of growth is followed a method of estimation of the specific entropy of organism. The theory is compared with experimental data, whereas estimates of the specific entropy of some species were done; it shows a reduction of specific entropy in the evolutionary row: yeast - insects - reptiles - birds.
title The growth and development of living organisms from the thermodynamic point of view
topic Biological Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.00108