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0710 The intersection is a mystery because two actualities constitute one actuality.  Two category-based nested forms come together because their actualities apply to the same entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is sort of confusing, especially when the single actuality2<\/sub> has yet to be framed with a normal context3<\/sub> and potential1<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0711 Let me consider each actuality2<\/sub> on it own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first actuality is adaptation2<\/sub>.  Adaptation2<\/sub> corresponds to the “darwinism” of “neodarwinism”.   The normal context of natural selection3b<\/sub> brings the actuality of an adaptation2b<\/sub> into relation with an organism’s niche1b<\/sub>.  The subscript, “b”, denotes the situation level.  So, there must be a content-level actuality2a<\/sub> (at a minimum).  The niche1b<\/sub><\/em> serves as the potential of that content-level actuality2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0712 Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0713 Yes, a niche1b<\/sub><\/em> is the potential1b<\/sub> of an actuality independent of the adapting species2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This formula applies to all sorts of “niches” fashioned within the boutiques of academic biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, “niche construction” fits the formula.  Beavers build a dam on a fast moving stream and the stream becomes a glen that provides plenty of food for the beavers.  The dam serves as a home.  Surely, when one dams a fast moving stream, the result is a glen that beavers can flourish in.  So, the term “niche construction” points to the fact that the actuality independent of the adapting species2a<\/sub> <\/em>may be a process.  Plus, “niche construction” does not not stop there.  “Niche construction” indicates that the actuality independent of the adapting species2a<\/sub><\/em> may be purely relational structures, such as… um… triadic relations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0714 I shudder to think what type of genus<\/em> would adapt into a niche containing the potential of triadic relations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

0715 The second actuality is phenotype2<\/sub>.  Phenotype2<\/sub> corresponds to the “neo” of “neodarwinism”.  The normal context of body development3b<\/sub> brings the actuality of a phenotype2b<\/sub> into relation with the organism’s genotype1b<\/sub>.  Or maybe, I should use the word, “genome1b<\/sub>“.  I guess the words are both different and the same.  The subscript, “b”, denotes the situation level.  DNA2a<\/sub> is the content-level actuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0716 Ah, the genotype1b<\/sub><\/em> is the potential1b<\/sub> of DNA2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0717 What else is curious about the two-level interscope for phenotype2b<\/sub>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0718 The situation and content levels constellate a specifying sign-relation.  DNA2a<\/sub> (SVs<\/sub>) stands for the phenotype2b<\/sub>(SOs<\/sub>) in regards to body development3b<\/sub> operating on the variety of ways that DNA can be translated into proteins (the genotype1b<\/sub>) (SIs<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is the case, then I wonder, “Does this specifying sign-relation fit into Sharov and Tonnessen’s noumenal overlay?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer is, “Yes, here is a picture.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0719 Isn’t that curious?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The specifying sign-object (SOs<\/sub>) of phenotype2b<\/sub> does not take the inquirer to the biosemiotic fullness of semiotic agency. The exemplar sign-relation remains occluded.  Remember that the exemplar sign-relation associates with emergence (points 0280 through 0292).  It also associates with a goal2c<\/sub> that a biosemiotician recognizes as meaning2c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0720 What does the biosemiotician recognize with respect to the “neo” component of neodarwinism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biosemiotician recognizes DNA2a<\/sub> (SVs<\/sub>) as message and phenotype2b<\/sub> (SOs<\/sub>) as presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0718 What about the “-darwinism” of “neodarwinism”?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same principle applies.  The situation and content levels constellate a specifying sign relation.  The exemplar sign remains occluded.  An actuality independent of the adapting species2a<\/sub> (SVs<\/sub>) stands for an adaptation2b<\/sub> (SOs<\/sub>) in regards to natural selection3b<\/sub> operating on an organism’s niche1b<\/sub> (SIs<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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