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| Title |
A comparative approach for the investigation of biological information processing: An examination of the structure and function of computer hard drives and DNA
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| Published in |
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, January 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-4682-7-3 |
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| Authors |
David J D'Onofrio, Gary An |
| Abstract |
The robust storage, updating and utilization of information are necessary for the maintenance and perpetuation of dynamic systems. These systems can exist as constructs of metal-oxide semiconductors and silicon, as in a digital computer, or in the "wetware" of organic compounds, proteins and nucleic acids that make up biological organisms. We propose that there are essential functional properties of centralized information-processing systems; for digital computers these properties reside in the computer's hard drive, and for eukaryotic cells they are manifest in the DNA and associated structures. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 39 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 34 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 33% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 18% |
| Unknown | 8 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 33% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 15% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 8 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 August 2022.
All research outputs
#2,210,917
of 23,033,713 outputs
Outputs from Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
#25
of 287 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,386
of 165,213 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
#3
of 7 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 287 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
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