complex_down_regulation/csr_framework_grammar.htm
Dec. 1, 2001
Reynold's view, with short explanation:
STRESS
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Low DISTURBANCE High
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C - competitors rapid growth |
S - stress low nutrients or light |
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R - ruderal adapted to mixed environment |
Stress environment, description from Arrow et al. ****
STRESS
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predictable PREDICTABILITY unpredictable |
cells create their own stress through nutrient depletion or light attenuation io |
cells need to adapt to stress or try to innovate
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cells can't predict the continual disturbances
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Hypothesized regulatory grammar
ATTRACTORS |
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simple, point attractors
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several basins with sharp ridges
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long periodic attractors and broad, shallow basins
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