Symptomic Mimicry Between SARS-CoV-2 and the Common Cold Complex.

IF 2.1 3区社会学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Biosemiotics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-10 DOI:10.1007/s12304-021-09472-6

Petr Tureček, Karel Kleisner

引用次数: 2

Abstract

The recent changes in COVID-19 symptoms suggest convergent evolution of respiratory diseases. This process is analogous to the emergence of animal mimetic complexes and complements previously identified types of mimicry. A novel pathogen might go unnoticed or insufficiently counteracted if it resembles a disease that the host already faced on multiple occasions, which creates a selective pressure towards a typical symptomic phonotype. In short, the reason why so many unrelated pathogens cause similar symptoms may correspond to the reasons that drove the evolution of the 'warning' wasp-like colouration in various insect species.

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SARS-CoV-2与普通感冒复合体的症状相似

近期COVID-19症状的变化提示呼吸道疾病趋同进化。这个过程类似于动物模仿复合体和补体的出现，这是之前确定的模仿类型。如果一种新的病原体与宿主已经多次面临的疾病相似，那么它可能会被忽视或没有得到充分的抵消，从而对典型的症状型产生选择性压力。简而言之，这么多不相关的病原体导致类似症状的原因，可能与推动各种昆虫进化出类似黄蜂的“警告”颜色的原因相对应。

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Biosemiotics HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

37.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Biosemiotics is dedicated to building a bridge between biology, philosophy, linguistics, and the communication sciences. Biosemiotic research is concerned with the study of signs and meaning in living organisms and systems. Its main challenge is to naturalize biological meaning and information by building on the belief that signs are fundamental, constitutive components of the living world. Biosemiotics has triggered rethinking of fundamental assumptions in both biology and semiotics. In this view, biology should recognize the semiotic nature of life and reshape its theories and methodology accordingly while semiotics and the humanities should acknowledge the existence of signs beyond the human realm. Biosemiotics is at the cutting edge of research on the fundamentals of life. By challenging traditional assumptions on the nature of life and suggesting alternative perspectives, it opens up exciting new research paths.