Morphogenic
field is a concept used by
developmental biologists, to explain how extremities in the embryo evolve.
An arm starts in form of a bud which differentiates while elongating and
finally attains all features of an extremity. (v."
Induction" which illustrates the development of a CA hand
and finger). It is assumed that cells move along a morphogenic field
which quasi directs them during the formation of an extremity.
We
plant two zygotes, CA-1 and CA-2, which
are depicted with their age structure. (For an explanation v. "Biological age-1" ). After
the experiment has ended and both CA died, the age structure of CA-1 is
left in the experimental area, and a new CA-2 zygote is planted (frame 3). As it grows, the
age of its cells is determined by the age structure in the experimental
area. CA-2 cells lost (or
forgot) their own age, and their behavior is controlled by the CA-1 age
structure. Now the CA-2 of frame 3 is different than
its kin in frame 2.
In
the last experiment, (frame 4) the zygote was planted five units off the
central axis, marked by the black line.
In the upper image morphogenic fields are placed besides the CA. In the model the CA evolve above them.
A nonlinear vector
This
is the first model of a morphogenic field ever presented. .Hitherto this
concept was obscure and difficult to understand. Here it is rigorously defined,
and reproducible. It is oriented in space and time. It might be regarded
as a nonlinear vector. It illustrates that wherever life exists, it leaves
behind an invisible imprint which affects other life. Imagine a slug leaving
behind a slime trail, which is the morphogenic field for organisms which
feed on it. The food chain is a cluster of such imprints which have an effect on its members. The food chain is a set of morphogenic fields.
Potentiation
The present
experiment illustrates also a key concept of Homeopathy. The basic tenet of Homeopathy is that disease can be cured
by giving the patient minute amounts of a substance that can induce similar
symptoms to the actual disease itself. Drugs are diluted, again and again, many times, either in water or alcohol. The process of repetitively
diluting a drug is called potentiation. During each dilution, the
solution is vigorously shaken in order to evenly distribute the molecules
in it. Practitioners of homeopathy
claim that drug potency actually increases as the drug becomes more
and more dilute.
The
CA-model illustrates how water might turn into a morphogenic field which evolves
from dilution to dilution. Unlike other inorganic solvents water is not
a homogenic solution. Its molecules are polarized and create a non linear
field. Its initial condition is set during the first dilution. As drug molecules
disappear due to the dilution, water molecules restructure into a morphogenic
field.
Further
reading:
Homeopathy
Kratz AM
How Does Homeopathy Work? http://www.tldp.com/issue/11_00/208_11_00/How_Does_Homeopathy_Work.htm
Setup
effect[1,
35]; effect[2, 33]; In
effect[] If[age[[1, i]] >= criterion(no), for both CA.