Robust and Irreversible Development in Cell Society as a General Consequence of Intra-Inter Dynamics
Abstract
A dynamical systems scenario for developmental cell biology is proposed, based on numerical studies of a system with interacting units with internal dynamics and reproduction. Diversification, formation of discrete and recursive types, and rules for differentiation are found as a natural consequence of such a system. "Stem cells" that either proliferate or differentiate to different types stochastically are found to appear when intra-cellular dynamics are chaotic. Robustness of the developmental process against microscopic and macroscopic perturbations is shown to be a natural consequence of such intra-inter dynamics, while irreversibility in developmental process is discussed in terms of the gain of stability, loss of diversity and chaotic instability.
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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9912005,
title = {Robust and Irreversible Development in Cell Society as a General Consequence of Intra-Inter Dynamics},
author = {Kunihiko Kaneko and Chikara Furusawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9912005},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages with 3 ps figures. submitted to Physica A as a proceeding paperfor Paladin Memorial Conf