Derived Construction Kit (DCK)

Complex assemblies (e.g., organs, neural circuits) built using fundamental kits, enabling diverse biological forms and behaviors.

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Fundamental Construction Kit (FCK)
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The basic physical and chemical mechanisms (e.g., quantum stability) that enable the existence of derived construction kits in biology.

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Derived Construction Kitframework0.868
Sloman's concept: organism-specific or species-specific construction kits for development and control, layered atop fundamental kit.
Construction Kitsconcept0.779
Fundamental Construction Kitframework0.764
Sloman's framework extending Schrödinger: the minimal physical laws and structures required to support all biological derived construction kits.
Construction Kits Theoryframework0.743
Sloman's framework describing biological evolution and development as using fundamental and derived construction kits (FCK and DCK) to assemble complex mechanisms.
Construction Kits in Biologyconcept0.728
Partial, Built Shellconcept0.692
The notion that human-made structures provide a framework, like a mollusc shell, within which nature can thrive.
What is needed to support individual acts of construction is a three-dimensional diagram of the actual shape of the needed space, more physical even than a model.claim0.686
The core proposal for a new form of urban plan to guide piecemeal construction.
Process-Based Construction Methodsframework0.678
Alexander's proposed approach using high technology to provide processes (not components) that create sophisticated elements cheaply while fitting local circumstance.