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The apparent mysteries of embryological morphogenesis may be more easily understandable when we consider that evolution from time t to t+1 is governed by strengthening centers while preserving and enhancing as much structure as possible.

Alexander's predictive hypothesis that the principle of unfolding wholeness will provide new explanatory leverage for embryology

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The principle of unfolding wholeness is a new principle, not automatically given by non-linear dynamics, catastrophe theory, or bifurcation theory, necessary to explain the appearance of living structure.
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Alexander's central assertion that existing frameworks are insufficient and a genuinely new principle is required

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The larger task of making these processes genuinely morphogenetic so that they generate deeper and more coherent living structure—still lies on the horizon.claim0.807
Morphogenesis is not simply an emergent result of local rules but has complex, multi-scale feedback mechanisms that implement teleonomy and problem-solving.claim0.805
Posits genuine goal-directedness in development.
Morphogenesis guarantees that coherent wholes will form even while the piecemeal process allows each place to be unique.claim0.802
Key property of morphogenetic process: it produces both unity and diversity simultaneously.
What features of morphogenesis enable evolution to search a difficult space with pleiotropy, degeneracy, and redundancy so rapidly and effectively?question0.801
Core open problem: asks how cellular competency affords evolutionary speed and robustness despite the ruggedness of the genotype-phenotype mapping.
"biological morphogenesis is not well-described by bottom-up, open-loop, mechanical models, but instead exhibits more complex policies as it navigates the space of possible anatomical shapes despite various perturbations"concept0.796
Morphogenesis and cognition are fundamentally linked as collective problem-solvingclaim0.793
The key to the idea that will allow a system of workable morphogenetic sequences to evolve in a not-too great length of time, is highlighted in the genetic ideas of John Holland.quote0.791
Explicitly credits Holland's work as the inspiration for the snippable genes approach.
Morphogenesis operates through multiscale autopoietic processes in which every cell is simultaneously an environment for others, enabling coherent organism formation without predetermined configuration.finding0.789