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On the Systematics and Scale for Measuring Historical Pathways of the Development of Morphological Diversity

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Parametrical classification of elementary units of multicellularity (of histiones), looking like a periodic table, is proposed. It allows both estimation and prediction of the development of histiones. In addition, it compactly reflects extensive phenomenology of development, deriving it from a few principles and, hence, allowing compression of information. The system of histiones included in the table is also represented as a circular diagram, and it is shown that adequate consideration of this set requires the use of at least five scales.

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This study was performed within the framework of the State Task AAAA-A18-118012290373-7, theme “Mechanisms of the Formation of Physiological Functions in Phylogeny-an Ontogeny and the Effect on Them of Endogenous and Exogenous Factors.”

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Savostyanov, G.A. On the Systematics and Scale for Measuring Historical Pathways of the Development of Morphological Diversity. Paleontol. J. 52, 1789–1798 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118140162

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