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In slime mold aggregation, the concentration center of acrasin begins as a mere chemical gradient but becomes a real entity in the configuration through the chemotaxis it induces — an example of a latent center becoming intensified.

Alexander's analysis of slime mold as a concrete mechanistic illustration of how latent centers become real through unfolding

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In Dictyostelium aggregation, acrasin concentration highest at the center of gravity of swimming cells creates a virtual center that, via chemotaxis, becomes a real physical entity intensifying aggregation further.
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Biological finding demonstrating the mechanism of latent center intensification in slime mold morphogenesis

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The formula for profound life, as seen in the Temple of Hera.
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Invariant that living process maintains percentage balance.
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Alexander's core mechanism explaining how the Fifteen Properties function to create living wholes.