Ontogenetic characterization of phylogenetic biodiversity

Developmental systems have certain shared characteristics at all levels of organization. These are: storage and transfer of developmental information, growth at the level of molecules, cells and organisms, morphogenesis of shape and differentiation. The explosion of knowledge in genetics and biochemistry teaches us that nature is essentially simple, that simple mechanisms carry out complicated processes. If we know the nature of informational macromolecules it is easy to establish the basic concept of biological information storage. Biochemical techniques, and in particular the sensitive and specific procedures of zonal electrophoresis and immunodiffussion, offer an alternative way of resolving modern evolutionary problems. The use of molecular techniques to document evolutionary history has transformed systematics and other similar studies of biological diversity in experimental science. These techniques and the resultant databases provide the means to qualify and quantify biodiversity through the isolation, storage and comparison of the linear sequences of amino acids and nucleotides. Understanding and managing global biodiversity is possible, relatively inexpensive and a vitally important goal for mankind. One of the aims of this research is the education of researchers in the field, teaching, scientific, political and other public research into existing infrastructures, with the intention of understanding biodiversity and strengthening its relevancy and preservation.