Cooperation.
How life forms, is an absolutely amazing concept! It is when viewing the complexity of species and behaviour that one might marvel at both the variety and history of all the many mind boggling processes. When contemplating this notion there is however for me, a recurring paten that occurs, one that is proactive from the first single cell to when human life actually takes place.
What is that pattern? It is cooperation, a sort of working hand in hand of independent life for natural survival. This kind of cooperation process whereby an individual, will ultimately latterly join a larger organism, or in some cases simply become a part of a larger structure of the same type. This fascinating form of natural cooperation, such as when in a study, demonstrated a protist which is a single cell organism with a small mouth and could consequently easily eat single algae. The algae after reproducing two stuck together, found a type of cooperation that made the algae too large to be eaten, and after several successful generations then larger groups of eight algae were formed.
Another important form of cooperation is when a protist swallowed single algae and the algae survived, so when the protist reproduced, it also had algae living inside it. Don’t think Alien but more of a supreme fitness challenge type of game show, as this relationship proves beneficial to the protist and in times of a lack of food, the protist can feed on the waste products of the algae.
It is true that the formation of single cells into multi groups is part of life development. At first single cells leave or join a group, until specialisation takes place in each cell, a transformation that is beneficial to the group. Then the structure becomes a new living organism, that by the method of cooperation is able to survive, but of course by this same means of process the individual cell no longer can leave the subsequently generated group.
When you think about it, the mitochondria in eukaryotic cells are an individual but cooperational organism that has its own genetic information. At one time it was a free bacteria, but now it lives off the nutrients the protist cell produces and in return produces special molecules called APP, that are a source of energy.
Cooperation is the necessary ingredient to forming new life forms and social development. Without it, so much would be less able to cope with the onset of adaption and survival. Working together for the common good has been a well trusted development strategy but the skills and science required to do so, can be quite intriguing.
What is that pattern? It is cooperation, a sort of working hand in hand of independent life for natural survival. This kind of cooperation process whereby an individual, will ultimately latterly join a larger organism, or in some cases simply become a part of a larger structure of the same type. This fascinating form of natural cooperation, such as when in a study, demonstrated a protist which is a single cell organism with a small mouth and could consequently easily eat single algae. The algae after reproducing two stuck together, found a type of cooperation that made the algae too large to be eaten, and after several successful generations then larger groups of eight algae were formed.
Another important form of cooperation is when a protist swallowed single algae and the algae survived, so when the protist reproduced, it also had algae living inside it. Don’t think Alien but more of a supreme fitness challenge type of game show, as this relationship proves beneficial to the protist and in times of a lack of food, the protist can feed on the waste products of the algae.
It is true that the formation of single cells into multi groups is part of life development. At first single cells leave or join a group, until specialisation takes place in each cell, a transformation that is beneficial to the group. Then the structure becomes a new living organism, that by the method of cooperation is able to survive, but of course by this same means of process the individual cell no longer can leave the subsequently generated group.
When you think about it, the mitochondria in eukaryotic cells are an individual but cooperational organism that has its own genetic information. At one time it was a free bacteria, but now it lives off the nutrients the protist cell produces and in return produces special molecules called APP, that are a source of energy.
Cooperation is the necessary ingredient to forming new life forms and social development. Without it, so much would be less able to cope with the onset of adaption and survival. Working together for the common good has been a well trusted development strategy but the skills and science required to do so, can be quite intriguing.
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