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Thermodynamical journey in plant biology
Nonequilibrium irreversible thermodynamics constitute a meaningful point of view suitable to explore life with a rich paradigm. This analytical framework can be used to span the gap from molecular processes to plant function and shows great promise to create a holistic description of life. Since liv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175747 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00481 |
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author | Barbacci, Adelin Magnenet, Vincent Lahaye, Marc |
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description | Nonequilibrium irreversible thermodynamics constitute a meaningful point of view suitable to explore life with a rich paradigm. This analytical framework can be used to span the gap from molecular processes to plant function and shows great promise to create a holistic description of life. Since living organisms dissipate energy, exchange entropy and matter with their environment, they can be assimilated to dissipative structures. This concept inherited from nonequilibrium thermodynamics has four properties which defines a scale independent framework suitable to provide a simpler and more comprehensive view of the highly complex plant biology. According to this approach, a biological function is modeled as a cascade of dissipative structures. Each dissipative structure, corresponds to a biological process, which is initiated by the amplification of a fluctuation. Evolution of the process leads to the breakage of the system symmetry and to the export of entropy. Exporting entropy to the surrounding environment corresponds to collecting information about it. Biological actors which break the symmetry of the system and which store information are by consequence, key actors on which experiments and data analysis focus most. This paper aims at illustrating properties of dissipative structure through familiar examples and thus initiating the dialogue between nonequilibrium thermodynamics and plant biology. |
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spelling | pubmed-44853392015-07-14 Thermodynamical journey in plant biology Barbacci, Adelin Magnenet, Vincent Lahaye, Marc Front Plant Sci Plant Science Nonequilibrium irreversible thermodynamics constitute a meaningful point of view suitable to explore life with a rich paradigm. This analytical framework can be used to span the gap from molecular processes to plant function and shows great promise to create a holistic description of life. Since living organisms dissipate energy, exchange entropy and matter with their environment, they can be assimilated to dissipative structures. This concept inherited from nonequilibrium thermodynamics has four properties which defines a scale independent framework suitable to provide a simpler and more comprehensive view of the highly complex plant biology. According to this approach, a biological function is modeled as a cascade of dissipative structures. Each dissipative structure, corresponds to a biological process, which is initiated by the amplification of a fluctuation. Evolution of the process leads to the breakage of the system symmetry and to the export of entropy. Exporting entropy to the surrounding environment corresponds to collecting information about it. Biological actors which break the symmetry of the system and which store information are by consequence, key actors on which experiments and data analysis focus most. This paper aims at illustrating properties of dissipative structure through familiar examples and thus initiating the dialogue between nonequilibrium thermodynamics and plant biology. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4485339/ /pubmed/26175747 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00481 Text en Copyright © 2015 Barbacci, Magnenet and Lahaye. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Plant Science Barbacci, Adelin Magnenet, Vincent Lahaye, Marc Thermodynamical journey in plant biology |
title | Thermodynamical journey in plant biology |
title_full | Thermodynamical journey in plant biology |
title_fullStr | Thermodynamical journey in plant biology |
title_full_unstemmed | Thermodynamical journey in plant biology |
title_short | Thermodynamical journey in plant biology |
title_sort | thermodynamical journey in plant biology |
topic | Plant Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175747 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00481 |
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