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claim:bioelectric-signaling-is-a-primary-modality-for-coordinating-cells-into-morphogenetic-collectivesBioelectric signaling is a primary modality for coordinating cells into morphogenetic collectives
Voltage gradients and gap-junctional communication coordinate large-scale anatomical decisions in development and regeneration, prefiguring neural coordination.
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extracted_from(2024) · Patrick McMillen · Michael Levin
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- Bioelectrical disruption produces planaria forming 2-head or 1-head forms at ~70-30 ratio; randomization occurs at population level, but each worm makes unified decision across all tissues.
- In tadpoles with disrupted bioelectric signaling: different reagents produce 0-100% conversion rates in populations, but individual animals are entirely converted or entirely normal—collective decision-making phenomenon.
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- Levin-led research showing bioelectric signals encode and control anatomical goal states in living systems.
- Bioelectric morphogenesis & memorymembers_ofMichael Levin's research on bioelectric signaling controlling anatomical goals, regeneration, and cancer.
- Membrane potential dynamics coordinate multicellular behavior, anatomical memory, and agency scaling across biological levels—studied via melanocyte fate, biofilm oscillations, and xenobotic morphology experiments (Levin et al. 2015–2023).
- Bioelectric signaling in morphogenesismembers_ofExplores how ion channels and electrical gradients coordinate cellular collectives into multicellular forms, treating bioelectricity as a computation medium.
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- BioelectricitysupportsProposed 'cognitive glue' common to both neural and developmental collective intelligence; implemented by ion channels and electrical synapses.
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- Central metaphor of the paper.
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