One of the stability indications of a living system is the variation of the system's characteristic time scales. Underlying the stability mechanism are the structural hierarchy and self-organization of systems, the factors that give rise to a positive (accelerating) feedback and a negative (braking) feedback. In highly organized living organisms information processing in the brain cortex plays a special role.

Keywords: biosystems, characteristic times, stability, metamorphosis PACS: 05.65.+b, 05.70.Ln, 87.18.−h (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2016.08.037871 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2017/7/d/ 000412937700004 2-s2.0-85031774210 2017PhyU...60..705I Citation: Ivanitskii G R "The self-organizing dynamic stability of far-from-equilibrium biological systems" Phys. Usp. 60 705–730 (2017) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 29th, July 2016, accepted: 5th, August 2016 Оригинал: Иваницкий Г Р «Самоорганизующаяся динамическая устойчивость биосистем, далёких от равновесия» УФН 187 757–784 (2017); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2016.08.037871