The view of life presented in this little, modern, post-genome project reflection on the nature of life, is that of the systems biologist: to understand what li... » 

The view of life presented in this little, modern, post-genome project reflection on the nature of life, is that of the systems biologist: to understand what life is, we must view it at a variety of different levels, all interacting with each other in a complex web. It is that emergent web, full of feedback between levels, from the gene to the wider environment, that is life. It is a kind of music. «