II. Population Set

Population dynamics manifest as a first order function of processes in evolutionary biology. The resultant eco-informatics may be illustrated by a 45 degree clockwise rotation of the Intuition Set to depict extant phenomena of quantitative versus qualitative selection.

• Biomass Push: the predomination of aggregate biomass;

• Genic Pull: the propensity for increasing genetic diversity.

Figure II.I The Population Set

The principal iteration of the population set, therefore, exhibits the genetic reservoir as a functional domain of aggregate biomass which conforms to density markers of the evolutionary gradient.

• r-Selection (semelparous): a low density population predisposed to processes of spatial colonisation and population growth;

• K-selection (iteroparous): a high-density population subject to intense competition for resources and stochastic dominance.

THERMO-DYNAMICS MODULE

The Population Set is propagated by sequenced energy transformations that are basic to bio-synthetic processes and which are explicable within a tripartite Thermo-Dynamics Module that demonstrates explicit frames of bio-energetics, cellular and reproductive cycles.

The Energy Set (Thermo-Dynamics I)

The Energy (Thermo-Dynamics I) Set illustrates the reciprocal relationship between the biotic and abiotic environment along a thermo-dynamic gradient.

• • Photo-Synthesis: the conversion of radiant light (solar) energy into chemical energy by plant organisms;

  • Chemo-Synthesis: the oxidation of inorganic matter for use as a source of energy by biological organisms.

Figure II.II The Energy Set (Thermo-Dynamics I)

The Dynamic Cell Set (Thermo-Dynamics II)

The Dynamic Cell (Thermo-Dynamics II) Set illuminates the stereo-selective intra-cellular signal transduction of phosphoregulation and the protein synthetic apparatus. These biosynthetic reactions occur along an Archemidean periodic (helical) and cytoplasmic electro-chemical gradient.

• • Glycolytic Reactions: pyrophosphate linkages associated with oxidative phosphorylation, the intra-cellular assembly of adenosine triphosphate (ATP);

  • Hydrolytic Reactions: catalytic processes of de-phosphorylation, the intra-cellular production of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP).

Figure II.III The Dynamic Cell Set (Thermo-Dynamics II)

The Reproduction (Thermo-Dynamics III)

The Reproduction (Thermo-Dynamics III) Set substantiates the chronobiology of biotic potential and self-sustaining life. Processes of reproduction are essential to both non-cellular (viruses) and cellular (procaryotic, eurcaryotic) life forms however the prevalence of specific cellular and sub-cellular structures is predeterminative of the periodic quantum of biogenesis required for replication of the species.

• • Binary Fission: reproduction by subdivision and regeneration specific to primoridial life forms;

  • Mitosis: the cellular life cycle encompassing nuclear replication, division, and cytokinesis;

  • Meiosis: sexual reproduction involving synaptic exchange, termed syndesis.

Figure II.IV The Reproduction Set (Thermo-Dynamics III)

These foundational frameworks of the Energy Sets therefore demonstrate the molecular biochemistry and phylo-genetics of the Population Set.

ECOLOGY MODULE

The Population Set may also be further elaborated by a tripartite Ecosystem Module that extrapolates across environmental, evolutionary and ontological frames.

Environment Set (Ecology I)

The Environment (Ecology I) Set demonstrates the environmental embeddedness of the Population Set, termed the eco-climate in which the biological imperatives of territorialism, competition, and reproduction are intermediated.

• • Microclimate: the local atmospheric conditions (over a small scale);

  • Macroclimate the larger atmospheric conditions (in relation to a large geographic area such as a continent).

Figure II.V The Environment Set (Ecology I)

Evolution Set (Ecology II)

The Evolution (Ecology II) Set emerges as a first-order function of the Environment Set. Evolutionary biology may thus be illustrated by a 45 degree clockwise rotation of the Environment Set to demonstrate biological systematics of Adaptation and Selection.

• • Adaptation: organic changes that may be structural, physiological and or behavioural;

  • Selection: modalities of assortment that may be categorised as directional (direct), stabilising (intermediating), or disruptive (stochastic or divergent).

Figure II.VI The Evolution Set (Ecology II)

Ontology Set (Ecology III)

The Ontology (Ecology III) Set emanates as a manifest second-order function of the Environment Set. This is illustrated by a 45 degree clockwise rotation of the Evolution Set to annotate the inherent sensory and facultative propensity of the phylo-ecology which is shown to organically recapitulate.

• • Cytology (Independence): a microcosm gradient of cellular corporeality;

  • Ecology (Inter-dependence): a gradient of cellular modality from mono-genomic through to multi-genomic organisms.

Figure II.VII The Ontology Set (Ecology III)