Kinematic self-replication in reconfigurable organisms

[bryanrasmussen]

I voted up although I think it is probably a dupe since I posted the same thing 6 days ago and then there was some discussion about the findings in another article maybe 3-4 days ago where I put the link.

[turpialito]

Link, please?

[max_]

>In contrast, a non–growth-based form of self-replication dominates at the subcellular level: molecular machines assemble material in their external environment into functional self-copies directly, or in concert with other machines. Such kinematic replication has never been observed at higher levels of biological organization, nor was it known whether multicellular systems were even capable of it.

I can't tell if this is computer science, physics or biology. Artificial life?

[api]

Alan Turing was also a biologist. John von Neumann was deeply interested in biology. The fields have always been deeply connected as both ultimately study information processes.

[nahuel0x]

Always has been the same.