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community:leiden_hybrid_concepts-run4-c2-c6Geometric dynamics in embryonic morphogenesis
Physical geometry and multi-scale collective cell behavior drive form emergence, studied through mouse limb development and Acetabularia whorl morphogenesis.
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- Harmony-Seeking Computations: a Science of Non-Classical Dynamics based on the Progressive Evolution of the Larger Whole5 members
- Sustainability and Morphogenesis: The Birth of a Living World1 member
- Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds1 member
- Darwin's agential materials: evolutionary implications of multiscale competency in developmental biology1 member
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Findings (5)
- Embryogenesis of a mouse foot demonstrates harmony-seeking through emergence of strong centers, boundaries, gradients, levels of scale, contrast, local symmetries, and good shape across four developmental days.Example demonstrating how latent structures in development are progressively consolidated and solidified through structure-preserving transformations.
- Embryogenesis of mouse foot (12th to 15th day development)
- Morphogenesis of Acetabularia whorl cap proceeds through physically inevitable progression of transformations arising from geometry itself, with shoulder structure latent in hemispherical configuration.Brian Goodwin's work demonstrating that morphogenesis follows structure-preserving principles independent of genetic guidance, validated by Alexander's wholeness-based prediction.
- mouse forelimb morphological development
- Six-step morphogenesis of Acetabularia whorled cap
Claims (3)
- Morphogenesis is a result of collective activity where cells cooperate toward a specific, invariant target morphology, exhibiting goal-directedness.Frames developmental biology as an instance of basal cognition.
- Morphogenesis is an autonomous process in geometry itself, arising from physical phenomena and geometric dynamics with relatively little dependence on genetic guidance.Claim supported by Goodwin's work, shifting emphasis away from DNA as sole morphogenetic driver toward form-generating principles inherent in spatial configuration.
- Morphogenesis is the behavior of a collective intelligence of cells solving problems across multiple scales.Levin's main interpretive reframing: rejects purely emergentist/mechanistic views of development in favor of treating morphogenesis as cybernetic, goal-directed problem-solving by cellular swarms.