Hereditary Genetics: Current Research

Department of Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Wuxi, China

Publications

• Review Article   
  Preliminary Examination of the Principle of Self-Organization in Multicellular Organisms: How Traits are Formed
  Author(s): Zheming Cao*
  
  Multicellular organisms organize themselves according to two principles; first, the equilibrium between the driving force of unstable state cells and apoptosis or senescence and second, the mutual equilibrium between the functional requirements of different types of cells. For the first principle, we deduce that stem cells at different levels have their own growth limits, which are determined by two factors, the ability of the stem cells to enter an unstable state (specifically, the ability of cells to divide and differentiate) and the rate of cellular senescence, loss of function and finally, apoptosis. The superposition of stem cell limits at different levels over each other can amplify small differences at the genetic level. Moreover, the growth limits of different organs are different, which lead to different individuals having completely different appearances. The second principl.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0358.23.12.252

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