When a subset of cells is given a morphogenetic goal (e.g., build an eye), they autonomously recruit unmodified neighbors to complete the structure, showing modular competency.

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• The large-scale morphological goals of an organism override and harness the local competencies of individual cells to adaptively navigate morphospace.claim0.849
  Describes top-down control in morphogenesis.
• Target morphology shifts occur despite the fact that all of the individual cells have unaltered normal genomes, showing that competent subunits can be pushed to implement diverse organism-scale goals by physiological signals.claim0.826
  Highlights the non-genetic control of large-scale anatomy.
• When environments are built by morphogenesis they will of their own accord become sustainable.claim0.814
  First key empirical proposition of the lecture: morphogenetic processes inherently produce sustainable outcomes without explicit technical mandates.
• A realization of our own multiscale, nested architecture naturally leads to the conclusion that care needs to be extended to all sentient beings.claim0.810
  Extends ethical concern based on the collective nature of selves.
• How cells build specific head shapes or how they know when to stop mitosis and morphogenesis when the correct head shape has been achieved.question0.809
  Identifies the gap in understanding the setpoints and stop signals in anatomical homeostasis.
• Morphogenesis is a result of collective activity where cells cooperate toward a specific, invariant target morphology, exhibiting goal-directedness.claim0.808
  Frames developmental biology as an instance of basal cognition.
• The larger task of making these processes genuinely morphogenetic so that they generate deeper and more coherent living structure—still lies on the horizon.claim0.806
• Morphogenesis operates through multiscale autopoietic processes in which every cell is simultaneously an environment for others, enabling coherent organism formation without predetermined configuration.finding0.803