Re: How well does this mathematical model mimic the cells properties?


"life_goes_on" <trolltomte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm been fascinated by the cells ability to self replicate itself. I
> made this binary cell model as an mathematical attempt to mimic the
> binary division process that occurs in biological cells. This
> presentation is a shortened version of this model - a more formal (and
> probably more boring) presentation can be found at my home site (follow
> the link on the presentation site if you want to go there). The
> starting point is next to trivial but I urge you to continue watch the
> flash video to the end and not be fooled by the simplicity at the
> beginning.
>
>
> http://hem.bredband.net/emma-lina/cell-presenta5.html
>

Tom,

This amateur found the display fascinating.

If a model explains a way that certain aspects of something can be arrived
at mathematically, that is good info, even if it doesn't prove to be _the_
way it has occurred in nature.

One interesting thing is the concept that specialized cells can be _less_
rather than _more_ complex.

Intuitively, I had always assumed that a specialized cell is one that has
developed _more_ complexity.
If, indeed, the more specialized a cell is the _less_ complexity it has,
then that would certainly tend to explain
why there has been so much frustration among researchers who have tried to
take specialized cells and get them to behave like stem cells.

As an intensely interested amateur, I now have one more little something to
kick around in my imagination in place of what previously was a total blank.

Now let me hold my breath and see your simplified display cut to pieces by
experts (or Monday morning quarterbacks... as each case may be)

Loved it,

g


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