The universality and the future prospects of physiological energetics: Reply to comments on “Physics of metabolic organization”

Marko Jusup, Tânia Sousa, Tiago Domingos, Velimir Labinac, Nina Marn, Zhen Wang, Tin Klanjšček

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Abstract

In response to the comments on review “Physics of metabolic organization”, we discuss the universality and the future prospects of physiological energetics. The topics range from the role of entropy in modeling living organisms to the apparent ubiquity of the von Bertalanffy curve, and the potential applications of the theory in yet unexplored domains. Tradeoffs in outreach to non-specialists are also briefly considered.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)78-84
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics of Life Reviews
Volume20
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

Keywords

  • DEB theory
  • Entropy
  • Homeostasis
  • Metabolic acceleration
  • Von Bertalanffy curve

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