[Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

[Pedro C. Marijuan]

Louis, a very simple question: in your model of self-replication, when 
you enter the environment, could it mean something else than just 
providing the raw stuff for reproduction? It would be great if related 
to successive cycles one could include emergent topological (say 
geometrical-mechanical) properties. For instance, once you have divided 
three times the initial egg-cell, you would encounter three symmetry 
axes that would co-define the future axes of animal 
development--dorsal/ventral, anterior/posterior, lateral/medial. Another 
matter would be about the timing of complexity, whether mere repetition 
of cycles could generate or not sufficient functional diversity such as 
Plamen was inquiring in the case of molecular clocks (nope in my 
opinion).  best--Pedro

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Pedro C. Marijuán
Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud
Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA)
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50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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