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'''Biocomplexity''' is the study of complex structures and behaviors that arise from nonlinear interactions of active biological agents, which may range in scale from molecules to cells to organisms. Almost every biological system exhibits complexity - [[emergent properties]] where the ensemble possesses capabilities that its individual agents lack. Classical examples of biocomplexity include the behavior of [[molecular motor]]s during [[DNA transcription]], genetic and metabolic networks within cells, the interacting [[Cytoskeleton#The Eukaryotic Cytoskeleton|filament]]s of the [[cytoskeleton]], which allow the cell to move, the differentiation, organization and movement of cells during embryonic development, the function of the networks of neurons which compose the brain and the schooling of fish or birds.<br />
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Primarily as a result of funding policy changes at the American [[National Science Foundation]] around 2000, some researchers have begun to use the term biocomplexity in a narrower sense to denote the [[complexity|complex]] behavioral, biological, social, chemical, and physical interactions of [[life|living]] [[organism]]s with their [[natural environment|environment]]. This relatively new subfield of biocomplexity encompasses other domains such as [[biodiversity]] and [[ecology]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Degeneracy (biology)|Biological degeneracy]]<br />
*[[Complex systems]]<br />
*[[Evolution of complexity]]<br />
*[[Gaia hypothesis]]<br />
*[[Systems biology]]<br />
*[[System theory]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090825160136/http://thesaurus.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=578&&PageID=1657&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true]. Biological Informatics Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. via [[archive.org]]<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/extreme2003/mission/biocomplexity/ | title=What Exactly is Biocomplexity? | publisher=University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies and the Sea Grant College Program | date=2003 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722023949/http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/extreme2003/mission/biocomplexity/ | archivedate=2012-07-22 }}<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.nd.edu/~icsb/ | title=The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Biocomplexity | publisher=University of Notre Dame | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924113759/http://www.nd.edu/%7Eicsb/ | archivedate=2012-09-24 }}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.biocomplexity.indiana.edu/ | title=The Biocomplexity Institute | publisher=The Trustees of Indiana University}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://knb.ecoinformatics.org The Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070812221517/http://www.bio.vu.nl/grc2000/biocomplexity.html {{spaced ndash}} Homepage on the journal Biocomplexity (publication cancelled) by its editor Hans V. Westerhoff] via archive.org<br />
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