@inbook{4b916b018d45430d983f19d04dc658e1,
title = "A unifying theory of biological evolution",
abstract = "This chapter is an extract of the model on biological evolution reported in the book [Brender McNair, 2016a]. The focus here is on presenting the Mereon-related aspects of the outcome rather than the book{\textquoteright}s details of a variety of theories on biological evolution, from Darwin and Lamarck till today. The most important outcome of the study is how the Mereon Matrix{\textquoteright}s template information model solved decades of combat between seemingly antagonistic theories on evolution; it demonstrates that and how all the evolutionary theories are independent, cooperative theories. In conclusion of the study as a whole, it seems plausible that the template information model of the Mereon Matrix might be the General System Theory that von Bertalanffy called for.",
keywords = "Biological evolution, General systems theory, Mereon matrix, Perspectives, Pre-life evolution",
author = "McNair, {Jytte Brender}",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1142/9789813233560_0014",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-981-3233-55-3",
series = "Series on Knots and Everything",
publisher = "World Scientific",
pages = "699--734",
editor = "McNair, {Jytte Brender} and Lynnclaire Dennis and Kauffman, {Louis H.}",
booktitle = "The Mereon Matrix",
edition = "2",
}