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[Towards a structuring fibrillar ontology].

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  • 1Institut Aquitain de la main, 56, allée des Tulipes, 33600 Bordeaux-Pessac, France. adf.guimberteau@wanadoo.fr

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The multifibrillar architecture concept explains biological form and structure, integrating molecular biodynamics and quantum physics. This framework reveals a fractal organization, offering new insights into life's emergence and adaptive processes.

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Area of Science:

  • * Explores the intersection of structural biology, quantum physics, and developmental biology.
  • * Investigates the fundamental principles governing biological form and organization.

Context:

  • * Traditional cell theory struggles to explain macroscopic tissue structure and form.
  • * Limitations in microscopic exploration have historically hindered understanding of biological organization.
  • * Challenges in explaining form, volume, and connectivity in biological tissues persist.

Purpose:

  • * To introduce the concept of multifibrillar architecture as a unifying principle for biological structure.
  • * To propose a new structural ontology that integrates molecular and quantum levels.
  • * To address the limitations of previous models in explaining biological form and organization.

Summary:

  • * Multifibrillar architecture, comprising fibers, fibrils, and microfibrils, provides a framework for understanding tissue organization from mesoscopic to microscopic scales.
  • * This architecture shapes interfibrillar microvolumes, offering solutions to long-standing questions about biological form, volume, and connectivity.
  • * The proposed ontology integrates psychochemical molecular biodynamics and quantum physics, defining the microvacuole as a basic functional unit within a fractal organization.

Impact:

  • * Enables a more comprehensive understanding of biological form by linking molecular dynamics with quantum principles.
  • * Suggests that emergent life forms are shaped by inherent structural forces and oriented toward adaptive finality.
  • * Opens avenues for new, less linear conceptualizations in biology and structural ontology.