A Framework for Investigating Rules of Life Across Disciplines

Author:

Poust Ashley W1ORCID,Bogar Laura2ORCID,Robinson W Douglas3ORCID,Poole Geoffrey4

Affiliation:

1. San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

2. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

3. Oak Creek Lab of Biology, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA

4. Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120, USA

Abstract

Synopsis Clearly and usefully defining the Rules of Life has long been an attractive yet elusive prospect for biologists. Life persists because requirements for existence and successful transmission of hereditary information are met. These requirements are met through mechanisms adopted by organisms, which produce solutions to environmentally imposed constraints on life. Yet, constraints and their suites of potential solutions are typically context-specific, operating at specific levels of organization, or holons, and having cascading effects across multiple levels, or the holarchy. We explore the idea that the interaction of constraints, mechanisms, and requirements within and across levels of organization may produce rules of life that can be productively defined. Although we stop short of listing specific rules, we provide a conceptual framework within which progress towards identifying rules might be made.

Funder

NSF

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Oregon State University

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Plant Science,Animal Science and Zoology

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