Zoology

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flow "ZoologyOntology" v1.0

ENTITY ZoologyOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Zoology
 SUBJECT: AnimalBiology
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Zoology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Biological Ontologies"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/zoology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY Zoology {
 STUDIES: AnimalsAndAnimalSystems
 INCLUDES: [AnimalAnatomy, AnimalPhysiology, AnimalDevelopment, AnimalGenetics, AnimalBehaviour, AnimalEcology, AnimalTaxonomy, EvolutionaryZoology]
}

ENTITY Animal {
 IS_A: MulticellularEukaryoticOrganism
 KINGDOM: Animalia
 HAS: [Cells, Tissues]
 MAY_HAVE: [Organs, OrganSystems, NervousSystem, MusculoskeletalSystem]
}

ENTITY AnimalCell {
 IS_A: EukaryoticCell
 HAS: [PlasmaMembrane, Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Ribosome]
 MAY_HAVE: [Mitochondrion, Lysosome, Centrosome]
 DOES_NOT_T typically_have: RigidCelluloseCellWall
}

ENTITY AnimalTissue {
 MAY_BE: [EpithelialTissue, ConnectiveTissue, MuscleTissue, NervousTissue]
}

ENTITY EpithelialTissue {
 COVERS_OR_LINES: BodySurfacesAndCavities
 MAY_FUNCTION_IN: [Protection, Absorption, Secretion, Exchange]
}

ENTITY ConnectiveTissue {
 MAY_FUNCTION_IN: [Support, Binding, Transport, Storage, Defense]
}

ENTITY MuscleTissue {
 GENERATES: Force
 THROUGH: Contraction
}

ENTITY NervousTissue {
 SUPPORTS: ElectricalAndChemicalCommunication
}

ENTITY AnimalOrgan {
 COMPOSED_OF: MultipleTissueTypes
 PERFORMS: SpecializedFunction
}

ENTITY OrganSystem {
 COMPOSED_OF: FunctionallyRelatedOrgans
 MAY_INCLUDE: [DigestiveSystem, RespiratorySystem, CirculatorySystem, NervousSystem, EndocrineSystem, MusculoskeletalSystem, ReproductiveSystem, ExcretorySystem, ImmuneSystem]
}

ENTITY BodyPlan {
 DESCRIBES: LargeScaleAnatomicalOrganization
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Symmetry, Segmentation, BodyCavity, AppendagePattern]
}

ENTITY Symmetry {
 MAY_BE: [BilateralSymmetry, RadialSymmetry, Asymmetry]
}

ENTITY Segmentation {
 DESCRIBES: RepeatedBodyUnits
 IN: ApplicableAnimalLineages
}

ENTITY BodyCavity {
 MAY_BE: [Coelom, Pseudocoelom, ReducedOrAbsentBodyCavity]
 DEPENDS_ON: TaxonomicAndDevelopmentalContext
}

ENTITY Invertebrate {
 IS_A: Animal
 LACKS: VertebralColumn
}

ENTITY Vertebrate {
 IS_A: Animal
 HAS: VertebralColumnOrHomologousVertebrateAxialStructure
 IN: AppropriateDevelopmentalContext
}

RULE VertebrateConstraint {
 Invertebrate != Vertebrate
}

ENTITY AnimalAnatomy {
 STUDIES: AnimalStructure
 ACROSS: [Cell, Tissue, Organ, OrganSystem]
}

ENTITY AnimalPhysiology {
 STUDIES: AnimalFunction
}

PROCESS Nutrition {
 ACQUIRES_AND_PROCESSES: Nutrients
}

PROCESS Digestion {
 BREAKS_DOWN: FoodOrNutrients
 INTO: AbsorbableComponents
}

PROCESS Absorption {
 MOVES: DigestedNutrients
 INTO: InternalTransportSystemOrCells
}

PROCESS Respiration {
 MAY_REFER_TO: [GasExchange, CellularRespiration]
 CONTEXT_REQUIRED: true
}

PROCESS GasExchange {
 EXCHANGES: RespiratoryGases
 BETWEEN: AnimalAndEnvironment
}

PROCESS CellularRespiration {
 RELEASES: UsableEnergy
 FROM: OrganicMolecules
}

RULE RespirationContextConstraint {
 GasExchange != CellularRespiration
}

ENTITY CirculatorySystem {
 TRANSPORTS: [Gases, Nutrients, Wastes, Signals, ImmuneComponents]
}

ENTITY OpenCirculatorySystem {
 CIRCULATORY_FLUID_NOT_ALWAYS_CONFINED_TO: ClosedVessels
}

ENTITY ClosedCirculatorySystem {
 CIRCULATORY_FLUID_PRIMARILY_CONFINED_TO: Vessels
}

ENTITY RespiratorySystem {
 SUPPORTS: GasExchange
 MAY_USE: [Gills, Lungs, TrachealSystem, BodySurface]
}

ENTITY DigestiveSystem {
 SUPPORTS: [Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Elimination]
}

ENTITY ExcretorySystem {
 REMOVES_OR_REGULATES: MetabolicWasteAndSolutes
}

PROCESS Osmoregulation {
 MAINTAINS: WaterAndSoluteBalance
}

ENTITY NervousSystem {
 RECEIVES_PROCESSES_AND_TRANSMITS: Information
}

ENTITY Neuron {
 IS_A: ExcitableCell
 TRANSMITS: ElectricalAndChemicalSignals
}

ENTITY Synapse {
 CONNECTS: Neuron
 TO: TargetCell
}

ENTITY EndocrineSystem {
 USES: HormonalSignals
 TO_REGULATE: Physiology
}

ENTITY Hormone {
 IS_A: SignallingMolecule
 ACTS_ON: ResponsiveTarget
}

RULE HormoneConstraint {
 hormone_concentration != physiological_effect
 WITHOUT receptor_tissue_and_state_context
}

ENTITY MusculoskeletalSystem {
 SUPPORTS: [Movement, Posture, MechanicalSupport]
}

ENTITY Muscle {
 GENERATES: Force
 THROUGH: Contraction
}

ENTITY Skeleton {
 PROVIDES: StructuralSupport
 MAY_BE: [Endoskeleton, Exoskeleton, HydrostaticSkeleton]
}

PROCESS Locomotion {
 MOVES: Animal
 THROUGH: Environment
 MAY_USE: [Walking, Swimming, Flying, Crawling, Burrowing]
}

ENTITY Homeostasis {
 MAINTAINS: InternalPhysiologicalVariables
 WITHIN: FunctionalRanges
}

PROCESS Thermoregulation {
 REGULATES_ORRESPONDS_TO: BodyTemperature
}

ENTITY Ectotherm {
 RELIES_SUBSTANTIALLY_ON: ExternalHeatSources
 FOR: BodyTemperature
}

ENTITY Endotherm {
 GENERATES_SUBSTANTIAL_METABOLIC_HEAT
 FOR: Thermoregulation
}

RULE ThermalStrategyConstraint {
 ectothermy != absence_of_temperature_regulation
 endothermy != constant_body_temperature_in_all_contexts
}

PROCESS AnimalGrowth {
 INCREASES: SizeOrBiomass
}

PROCESS AnimalDevelopment {
 TRANSITIONS: Organism
 THROUGH: DevelopmentalStages
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Embryogenesis, JuvenileDevelopment, Metamorphosis, Maturation]
}

RULE GrowthDevelopmentDistinction {
 AnimalGrowth != AnimalDevelopment
}

ENTITY AnimalEmbryo {
 IS_A: EarlyDevelopmentalStage
}

PROCESS Embryogenesis {
 DEVELOPS: Zygote
 INTO: MulticellularEmbryo
}

PROCESS Gastrulation {
 ESTABLISHES: GermLayersAndBodyOrganization
}

ENTITY GermLayer {
 MAY_BE: [Ectoderm, Mesoderm, Endoderm]
}

PROCESS Organogenesis {
 FORMS: Organs
 FROM: DevelopmentalTissues
}

PROCESS Metamorphosis {
 TRANSFORMS: BodyFormAndPhysiology
 BETWEEN: LifeStages
 IN: ApplicableAnimalTaxa
}

ENTITY LifeStage {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Embryo, Larva, Juvenile, Adult]
 DEPENDS_ON: Taxon
}

ENTITY Larva {
 IS_A: PreAdultDevelopmentalStage
 IN: ApplicableAnimalLifeCycle
}

PROCESS Reproduction {
 MAY_BE: [SexualReproduction, AsexualReproduction]
}

PROCESS SexualReproduction {
 INVOLVES: GameticContribution
 MAY_PRODUCE: GeneticallyVariableOffspring
}

PROCESS AsexualReproduction {
 PRODUCES: Offspring
 WITHOUT_GAMETE_FUSION
}

PROCESS Fertilization {
 COMBINES: MaleAndFemaleGameticContributions
 PRODUCES: Zygote
}

ENTITY Zygote {
 IS_A: InitialDiploidCell
 AFTER: Fertilization
}

ENTITY AnimalGenome {
 STORES: HeritableGeneticInformation
}

ENTITY AnimalGene {
 PART_OF: AnimalGenome
 MAY_ENCODE_OR_REGULATE: Trait
}

PROCESS GeneExpression {
 INCLUDES: [Transcription, RNAProcessing, Translation]
}

PROCESS Mutation {
 CHANGES: GeneticSequence
 MAY_GENERATE: Variation
}

ENTITY Genotype {
 DESCRIBES: GeneticState
}

ENTITY Phenotype {
 RESULTS_FROM: [Genotype, Environment, Development, Interaction]
}

RULE GenotypePhenotypeConstraint {
 Genotype != Phenotype
}

ENTITY AnimalBehaviour {
 DESCRIBES: ObservableActionOrResponse
 OF: Animal
}

PROCESS SensoryPerception {
 DETECTS_ANDPROCESSES: EnvironmentalOrInternalStimulus
}

ENTITY SensorySystem {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Vision, Hearing, Olfaction, Gustation, Touch, Electroreception, Mechanoreception]
}

PROCESS Learning {
 CHANGES: Behaviour
 BASED_ON: Experience
}

PROCESS Communication {
 TRANSFERS: Information
 BETWEEN: Animals
 MAY_USE: [VisualSignal, AcousticSignal, ChemicalSignal, TactileSignal]
}

ENTITY SocialBehaviour {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Cooperation, Competition, Territoriality, MatingBehaviour, ParentalCare]
}

RULE BehaviourConstraint {
 observed_behaviour != inferred_intention_or_cognitive_state
 WITHOUT appropriate_evidence
}

ENTITY AnimalEcology {
 STUDIES: AnimalEnvironmentRelationships
}

ENTITY AnimalPopulation {
 COMPOSED_OF: Individuals
 OF: DefinedAnimalTaxon
}

ENTITY AnimalCommunity {
 COMPOSED_OF: MultipleAnimalPopulations
}

ENTITY Habitat {
 PROVIDES: EnvironmentalContext
 FOR: Animal
}

ENTITY EcologicalNiche {
 DESCRIBES: ResourcesConditionsAndInteractions
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: AnimalTaxonOrPopulation
}

RULE HabitatNicheDistinction {
 Habitat != EcologicalNiche
}

PROCESS Predation {
 INVOLVES: Predator
 CONSUMING: Prey
}

PROCESS Herbivory {
 INVOLVES: Animal
 CONSUMING: PlantOrAlgalMaterial
}

PROCESS Parasitism {
 BENEFITS: Parasite
 AT_COST_TO: Host
}

PROCESS Mutualism {
 BENEFITS: InteractingPartners
}

PROCESS Competition {
 REDUCES: ResourceAccessOrPerformance
 BETWEEN: Organisms
}

ENTITY FoodWeb {
 CONNECTS: TrophicInteractions
 AMONG: Organisms
}

ENTITY TrophicLevel {
 REPRESENTS: PositionInEnergyTransferNetwork
}

PROCESS Migration {
 MOVES: Animals
 BETWEEN: Regions
 OFTEN: SeasonallyOrLifeStageDependently
}

PROCESS Dispersal {
 MOVES: IndividualsOrOffspring
 FROM: NatalOrCurrentLocation
 TO: NewLocation
}

RULE MigrationDispersalDistinction {
 Migration != Dispersal
}

ENTITY EnvironmentalFactor {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Temperature, WaterAvailability, Oxygen, Salinity, FoodAvailability, HabitatStructure, PredationPressure]
 MAY_MODULATE: AnimalPerformance
}

ENTITY AnimalAdaptation {
 IS_A: HeritableTraitOrTraitState
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: IncreasedFitness
 IN: DefinedEnvironment
}

RULE AdaptationConstraint {
 trait_environment_association != demonstrated_adaptation
 WITHOUT heritability_fitness_and_selection_evidence
}

ENTITY AnimalTaxonomy {
 CLASSIFIES: Animals
 USING: [Morphology, Anatomy, Development, MolecularData, Phylogeny, Nomenclature]
}

ENTITY AnimalTaxon {
 MAY_HAVE: [ScientificName, Rank, DiagnosticCharacters, PhylogeneticPlacement]
}

ENTITY AnimalSpecies {
 IS_A: TaxonomicConcept
 REQUIRES: SpeciesConceptAndEvidenceContext
}

ENTITY Phylogeny {
 REPRESENTS: EvolutionaryRelationships
 AMONG: AnimalLineages
}

ENTITY Clade {
 INCLUDES: AncestorAndDescendants
 IN: PhylogeneticHypothesis
}

RULE TaxonomicConstraint {
 morphological_or_sequence_similarity != definitive_species_identity
 WITHOUT reference_resolution_and_taxonomic_context
}

PROCESS ZoologicalMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [Morphology, Anatomy, Physiology, Growth, Behaviour, PopulationSize, Distribution, GeneticVariation]
 MAY_USE: [Observation, Imaging, Microscopy, PhysiologicalAssay, Tracking, Sequencing, FieldSurvey]
}

ENTITY ZoologicalMeasurementContext {
 HAS: [AnimalTaxon, SexOrLifeStageWhenRelevant, TissueOrOrgan, Environment, Method, Unit, Timepoint]
}

RULE MeasurementContextRule {
 IF zoological_measurements ARE_COMPARED
 THEN ZoologicalMeasurementContext MUST_BE preserved
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [ZoologicalEvidence, AnatomicalEvidence, PhysiologicalEvidence, DevelopmentalEvidence, GeneticEvidence, BehaviouralEvidence, EcologicalEvidence, PhylogeneticEvidence, FieldEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_zoological_models
  RECORD animal_taxon
  RECORD sex_or_life_stage_when_relevant
  RECORD tissue_or_organ
  RECORD environmental_context
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION Zoology STUDIES Animal
RELATION Animal COMPOSED_OF AnimalCell
RELATION Animal HAS AnimalTissue
RELATION Animal MAY_HAVE AnimalOrgan
RELATION AnimalOrgan PART_OF OrganSystem
RELATION NervousSystem USES Neuron
RELATION EndocrineSystem USES Hormone
RELATION AnimalGenome CONTAINS AnimalGene
RELATION AnimalIndividual PART_OF AnimalPopulation
RELATION AnimalPopulation PART_OF AnimalCommunity

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "zoology" ~= "scientific study of animals"
 "animal biology" ~= "study of animal structure function development genetics behaviour and ecology"
 "invertebrate" ~= "animal lacking a vertebral column"
 "vertebrate" ~= "animal belonging to vertebrate lineage"
 "gas exchange" ~= "exchange of respiratory gases between animal and environment"
 "animal behaviour" ~= "observable actions and responses of animals"
}

CONFIDENCE ZoologyAssertion {
 INPUTS: [anatomical_support, physiological_support, developmental_support, genetic_support, behavioural_support, ecological_support, phylogenetic_support, field_support, experimental_support, source_independence, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE AnimalIdentityInference {
 IF anatomical_developmental_molecular_and_phylogenetic_evidence converge
 THEN animal_taxonomic_identity confidence MAY_INCREASE
}

RULE PhysiologicalFunctionInference {
 IF perturbation_or_measurement links organ_or_tissue_to defined_function
 THEN physiological_relationship MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE BehaviourInference {
 IF reproducible_observation shows action_response_relationship
 UNDER defined_context
 THEN AnimalBehaviour MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE EcologicalInteractionInference {
 IF repeated_observation_or_experiment supports effect_between_organisms
 THEN ecological_interaction MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF animal_trait_or_marker correlates_with physiological_behavioural_or_ecological_outcome
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT mechanistic_experimental_or_longitudinal_evidence
}

QUERY ZoologyLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [animal_taxon, anatomy, tissues, organs, physiology, development, reproduction, genetics, behaviour, ecology, taxonomy, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY AnimalOrganismLookup(animal_identifier) {
 RETURN [taxonomy, body_plan, anatomy, organ_systems, physiology, life_stage, reproduction, genome, behaviour, habitat, ecological_interactions, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY AnimalEcologyLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [animal_taxon, population, community, habitat, niche, trophic_interactions, migration, dispersal, environmental_factors, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_zoological_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_animal_taxon_life_stage_tissue_organ_and_environment()
  normalize_anatomical_gene_behavioural_and_ecological_identifiers()
  capture_measurement_method_units_and_timepoint()
  map_cell_tissue_organ_and_organ_system_relationships()
  map_nutrition_respiration_circulation_excretion_and_homeostasis()
  map_growth_development_reproduction_and_genetics()
  map_sensory_behavioural_and_communication_relationships()
  map_population_community_trophic_and_environmental_relationships()
  map_taxonomic_and_phylogenetic_relationships()
  compare_existing_zoological_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_zoology_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [animal_identity, taxon, body_plan, tissue, organ_system, physiology, development, genetics, behaviour, ecology, measurement_context, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_species_taxon_life_stage_and_environmental_context, preserve_tissue_organ_measurement_and_timepoint_context, distinguish_invertebrate_from_vertebrate, distinguish_gas_exchange_from_cellular_respiration, distinguish_growth_from_development, distinguish_genotype_from_phenotype, distinguish_observed_behaviour_from_inferred_intention, distinguish_habitat_from_ecological_niche, distinguish_migration_from_dispersal, distinguish_trait_environment_association_from_adaptation, distinguish_similarity_from_definitive_taxonomic_identity, distinguish_correlation_from_causation, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE Zoology
 REQUIRE Animal
 REQUIRE AnimalCell
 REQUIRE AnimalTissue
 REQUIRE AnimalOrgan
 REQUIRE OrganSystem
 REQUIRE AnimalAnatomy
 REQUIRE AnimalPhysiology
 REQUIRE AnimalGrowth
 REQUIRE AnimalDevelopment
 REQUIRE Reproduction
 REQUIRE AnimalGenome
 REQUIRE AnimalBehaviour
 REQUIRE AnimalEcology
 REQUIRE AnimalTaxonomy
 REQUIRE ZoologicalMeasurement
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Invertebrate != Vertebrate
 ASSERT GasExchange != CellularRespiration
 ASSERT AnimalGrowth != AnimalDevelopment
 ASSERT Genotype != Phenotype
 ASSERT Habitat != EcologicalNiche
 ASSERT Migration != Dispersal
 ASSERT trait_environment_association != demonstrated_adaptation
 ASSERT morphological_or_sequence_similarity != definitive_species_identity
 ASSERT correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "ZoologyOntology"