The Fractal Catalytic Model of living processes argues that the evolution of life is the evolution of catalysis. The theory is parsimonious and has a great deal of explanatory power. However, the claim that there is a 'theme' to all living processes seems to be at loggerheads with one of the central tenets of evolutionary theory.
If the evolution of life is the evolution of catalysis, does this necessitate a change in our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of natural selection?
Davia, C.J (June 2006), "Life, Catalysis and Excitable Media: A Dynamic Systems Approach to Metabolism and Cognition", in Tuszynski, J.A, The Emerging Physics of Consciousness (The Frontiers Collection), Springer, pp. 255–292, ISBN 978-3540238904
I have no idea whether I understood your question, as it is not my field, but it reminded me of this article I've recently encountered: http://www.nature.com/news/lyme-bacteria-show-that-evolvability-is-evolvable-1.14176
Lyme bacteria show that evolvability is evolvable: Natural selection favours those with a greater capacity to generate genetic variation.
There is a stochastic, self-similar and fractal universe, from DNA to galaxies. However it is important to note that one of the most wonderful things about life is, its independence when evolving. Life appears and evolves as an emergent property of the system rather than one imposed in the system by external influences. Here, I share with you a recent article, where it demonstrates that the probability of life tends to zero than to one and takes on account fractal and nonlinear dynamical systems for its evolution.
Article Evolution through the stochastic dyadic Cantor Set: the uniq...
Take a look at this!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uFmLG51NkE
Bacteria represent a huge slice of evolutionary time. An important question raised by this finding is how much of the genetic make-up of the organism is consequent upon this behaviour?
IS THIS DARWINISM????
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