Self-organization of structures and appearance of functions in biological systems

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  • SAWADA Yasuji
    Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
  • SATO Mika
    Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
  • ITAYAMA Tomoaki
    Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

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  • 生物の形態形成と機能発現
  • セイブツ ノ ケイタイ ケイセイ ト キノウ ハツゲン イキテイル ジョウタイ
  • An effort in searching physics of living state
  • 生きている状態の物理学を模索して

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Abstract

As a part of effort to physically define what is the living state, we describe process of regeneration of a hydra animal from a tendem graft and a dissociated cell aggregate. Particularly, a transition from a dissociated cell aggregate which is nothing but a mechanically gathered cells to an animal which is an organically interacting cell system is, in a sense, similar to an nonequilibrium system undergoing a transition to an ordered state. Also a fundamental difference between measurement of the physical systems and the biological systems are discussed.

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  • Seibutsu Butsuri

    Seibutsu Butsuri 30 (2), 39-44, 1990

    The Biophysical Society of Japan General Incorporated Association

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