"In these systems, agents residing on one scale start producing behavior that lies one scale above them."
Exactly the relationships that I am studying in cell biology - the way smooth muscle cellular edge behaviors rely on the status of their extracellular matrix. Similar to slime mold cells forming a community, I consider parts of the cellular edge acting independently at some instances, and together at others. The variety seems to be based on both external and internal signals and communications. (i.e. if another cell is sensed, if the cell itself is highly tensioned along one axis, etc.)
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