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MORPHOGENETIC FIELDS VERSUS SPECIFIC SIGNALLING: MUTUAL EXCLUSION OR COOPERATION?
L.V. Beloussov
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
We compare the explanatory power of a classical deterministic, and a non-classical field approach, as related to the morphogenesis on a cellular and a supracellular level, and to the biophoton emission (Table). The first two columns from the left formulate the
| Deterministic properties | Non-deterministic (field) properties in general | Field properties of morphogenesis* | Field properties of a biophoton emission |
| 1.Near-equilibrium conditions | Far from equilibrium conditions | Mechanical stresses | Deviations from Boltzmann distribution |
| 2.Domination of force effects | Domination of relaxation effects | Stress-discharging morphogenesis | Degradational radiation |
| 3.Additivity (1+1=2) | Non-additivity, holistic order | Embryonic regulations, stress-induced order | Non-additivity of a photon emission, collective order** |
| 4.Precise addressing | Delocalization | Propagation, space unfolding | Propagation, branched chain reactions |
| 5.One-to-one cause-effects space projection | Lack of such projection, self-focusing | Formation of stress singularities, curvature increase | Focusing of Fourier SD, increase of kurtosis*** |
| 6.Only material memory (if at all presented) | Memory including active components, context-dependence | Context-dependent cell reactions, hyperrestoration of mechanical stresses | Hysteresis, prolonged correlation periods, non-linear discrimination of "normal" and "abnormal" conditions** |
| 7.No frequency and phase dependence | Frequency and phase dependence, coherence | Growth pulsations, morphogenetic unfoldings | Coherent events, correlations of Fourier spectra *** |
* see for details Beloussov, L.V. (1998) The Dynamic Architecture of a Developing Organism. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/Boston/London.
** see for details Beloussov, L.V., N.N.Louchinskaia. (1998) In: Biophotons (Jiin-Ju Chang, J. Fisch, F.-A. Popp eds) Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/Boston/London. Pp. 121-142.
*** see for details Beloussov, L.V., Burlakov, A.B., Konradov, A.A. (2000) In: Biophotonics and Coherent Systems (L.Beloussov, F.-A.Popp, V.Voeikov, R. van Wijk eds). Moscow University Press, Moscow. Pp. 305-320.
alternative properties of a deterministic and a field approach. The data summarised in the right two columns show that the basic features of both the morphogenesis and the biophotons’ phenomena are much better interpreted in the terms of a non-deterministic field approach rather than of a deterministic one. In no way, however, this latter should be thrown out: similarly to a classical physics, it may be of a long-term usage for interpreting some particular groups of events, for example those associated with the signalling pathways. One should be acquainted for a prolonged co-operation of the both trends.
