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TWO TYPES OF INFORMATION. " Biological information in multicellular organisms comes in at least two types: spatial information, needed to create and maintain specific anatomical structures during embryogenesis and regeneration; and temporal information, abstracted and stored from environmental stimuli over time by the central nervous system (CNS)." http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/20/3799 View in LinkedIn

INFORMATION. "One of the most interesting capabilities of living systems is processing information." http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/20/3799 View in LinkedIn

NEW BRAIN. "Planarian flatworms are a popular system for research into the molecular mechanisms that enable these complex organisms to regenerate their entire body, including the brain." https://lnkd.in/dy37eKV View in LinkedIn

REGENERATIVE EXPERT. "Freshwater planarians can perform all manner of amazing tricks when it comes to regeneration. Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the first people to systematically study planarian regeneration in the late 19th century. Inspired by the observations of Harriet Randolph, he defined the minimal size of a fragment capable of regeneration as 1/279th of the intact animal’s volume." https://lnkd.in/deKxCqJ View in LinkedIn

EQUIVOCAL SPECIES. "This experiment intended to show that memory could be transferred chemically. The experiment was repeated with mice, fish, and rats, but it always failed to produce the same results. The perceived explanation was that rather than memory being transferred to the other animals, it was the hormones in the ingested ground animals that changed the behavior. McConnell believed that this was evidence of a chemical basis for memory, which he identified as memory RNA." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planarian View in LinkedIn

PLANARIAN VIDEO, showing this charming flatworm in action. It is dynamic, curious, and beautiful. Hardly simple. https://lnkd.in/dBvzR5N View in LinkedIn

ADVANTAGES OF BOXES. "It is now clear that the behavior of molecules in dilute solution is really quite different from their behavior in capsules." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19603810 View in LinkedIn

MOLECULAR DECISION-MAKING. "The evolution of behavior. Quantum mechanical and thermal fluctuations in single molecules get incorporated into informational polymers that can then display behavioral chemistry. Natural selection operating on these molecules leads to chemical choice, then to heritable decision making, and ultimately to behaviors ascribed to intelligent organisms." http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/2/4/313/htm View in LinkedIn

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KINETIC TRAPS. "The second process that allows behavioral chemistry is the real possibility that macromolecules end up in kinetic traps during their folding. When the lifetimes of these traps are of the same order of magnitude as the time in which these molecules need to function, then a second type of behavioral expression becomes possible." http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/2/4/313/htm View in LinkedIn