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)
Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13, planta X
50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Tfno. +34 976 71 3526 (& 6818)
pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es
http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/
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