Self-organized criticality in a mammalian RNA-interference circuit
Living systems have been argued to operate near critical points, but their relevance at the cellular level is poorly understood. Critical states allow for a high sensitivity to external inputs and maximal information transfer and display fluctuations at all scales. Critical points are very special, and require the fine tuning of a control parameter, which is hard to reconcile with the robustness…
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