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Injury and Repair
In the following experiments, CAs were injured at time = 26 days (units are expressed in days). The first history is an untreated control. The numbers above the other histories, indicate the magnitude of injury (in bits).
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Injury depth = 1 Production, and production declines
by 50%.
Injury depth = 2 Larva needs time to regenerate.
Production is restored to its normal level.
Injury depth = 3
Regeneration is protracted. New cells are formed (hyperplasia).
In medicine, this reaction is called granuloma.
Ultimately larva regenerates completely, matures and produces the normal
amount of nectar When a larva does not mature and continues as a
larva, this reaction when observed in humans, is called neoplasia
(tumor).
Injury depth = 5: Larva does not matures
and dies.
All histories except the last are infinite.
Additional reading:
Injury and Repair.