Original paper
A. Structure and morphogenesis Models in morphogenesis
Bayer, U.
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 157 Heft 1-2 (1978), p. 57 - 69
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published: Dec 11, 1978
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/157/1978/57
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Abstract
Combining the models of Thompson and Bertalanffy, an organism can be understood as a ‘system’ and mathematical control theory can be used to analyze structural limitations and licences which root in the process of growth. Models on this level combine the biological concept of ‘growth fields (gradients)’ with cybernetics and technical control theory, or they are embedded in ‘system theory’ in general. The main question for building up a model is (1) how much information must be given as a fixed set (genetic input) and (2) what will result automatically from the morphogenetic process which is understood as a dynamic system and receives its control parameters from feed-back effects. As the result depends on the complexity of the model, one should not take the models output as reality but as a structured way to understand how the real interactive system works.
Keywords
Morphologie • biology • Cephalopod Shells