Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual

A new term, spherophylon, indicates a unit of life higher than the individual level. To define this term, critical notes are given on the meaning of age in terms of life, the interrelationships among the elements of biodiversity, and an analogy of development between the multicellular body of an ind...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Iwatsuki, Kunio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Academy 2006
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792790
_version_ 1782358815093555200
author Iwatsuki, Kunio
author_facet Iwatsuki, Kunio
author_sort Iwatsuki, Kunio
collection PubMed
description A new term, spherophylon, indicates a unit of life higher than the individual level. To define this term, critical notes are given on the meaning of age in terms of life, the interrelationships among the elements of biodiversity, and an analogy of development between the multicellular body of an individual and the spherophylon. Life is compared at various levels; at the level of the cell, the individual as a multicellular organism, and the spherophylon. The biology of the spherophylon is discussed in the context of integrative biology.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4338818
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2006
publisher The Japan Academy
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-43388182015-03-19 Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual Iwatsuki, Kunio Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci Review A new term, spherophylon, indicates a unit of life higher than the individual level. To define this term, critical notes are given on the meaning of age in terms of life, the interrelationships among the elements of biodiversity, and an analogy of development between the multicellular body of an individual and the spherophylon. Life is compared at various levels; at the level of the cell, the individual as a multicellular organism, and the spherophylon. The biology of the spherophylon is discussed in the context of integrative biology. The Japan Academy 2006-12 2006-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4338818/ /pubmed/25792790 Text en © 2006 The Japan Academy This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Review
Iwatsuki, Kunio
Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual
title Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual
title_full Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual
title_fullStr Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual
title_full_unstemmed Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual
title_short Spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual
title_sort spherophylon, the concept of life at a level higher than that of the individual
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792790
work_keys_str_mv AT iwatsukikunio spherophylontheconceptoflifeatalevelhigherthanthatoftheindividual

Ejemplares similares