Heteropyknosis

In science, heteropyknosis is the process of combining pairs of dissimilar cell ends into a single phenotype - thus the homeotypes do not die, but will develop together. In the future, around a single functional structure of the cell, additional, associated “daughter” units of different specializations can be formed to fill the new specific needs of the body or “father cell”.

Heteropyknosis is the most effective mechanism for maintaining variability and generating diversity in biological systems. Using this process, so-called “healthy mutations” that do not negatively affect the viability of the cell or its offspring are selected from the genome. Next, natural selection occurs among newly appeared and previously appeared mutants.

In heteropycism, all daughter cells receive identical genetic information, which is why this phenomenon is also called mosaicism. But still, a difference should be added here: with heteropyctic division, then