Seibutsu Butsuri
Online ISSN : 1347-4219
Print ISSN : 0582-4052
ISSN-L : 0582-4052
Self-organization of structures and appearance of functions in biological systems
An effort in searching physics of living state
Yasuji SAWADAMika SATOTomoaki ITAYAMA
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1990 Volume 30 Issue 2 Pages 39-44

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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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