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Finally, as we have discussed, oscillatory behavior, in association with feedback phenomena and autocatalysis, has been utilized by Eigen to develop a theory of evolution which, in conjuction with the evolutionary feedback principle of Prigogine (see Chapter 2) involving increasing dissipation, may represent a model for biological evolution. 

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