Vertebrate Ontology

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flow "VertebrateOntology" v1.0

ENTITY VertebrateOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Zoology
 SUBJECT: VertebrateAnimals
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

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

ENTITY Vertebrate {
 IS_A: Chordate
 BELONGS_TO: VertebrateLineage
 TYPICALLY_HAS: [Cranium, VertebralColumnOrDevelopmentalHomologue, Endoskeleton, CentralNervousSystem]
}

ENTITY Invertebrate { IS_A: Animal }
RULE VertebrateDistinction { Vertebrate != Invertebrate }

ENTITY Chordate {
 MAY_HAVE_DURING_LIFE_CYCLE: [Notochord, DorsalHollowNerveCord, PharyngealSlits, PostAnalTail]
}

ENTITY Cranium { PROTECTS: BrainAndAssociatedSensoryStructures }
ENTITY VertebralColumn { IS_PART_OF: AxialSkeleton }
ENTITY Endoskeleton { MAY_INCLUDE: [Bone, Cartilage] }
ENTITY AxialSkeleton { MAY_INCLUDE: [Skull, VertebralColumn, Ribs] }
ENTITY AppendicularSkeleton { MAY_INCLUDE: [LimbGirdles, Limbs, Fins] }

ENTITY VertebrateGroup {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [JawlessVertebrates, CartilaginousFishes, BonyFishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals]
}

ENTITY JawlessVertebrate { SUBCLASS_OF: Vertebrate }
ENTITY Gnathostome { SUBCLASS_OF: Vertebrate }
ENTITY CartilaginousFish { SUBCLASS_OF: Gnathostome }
ENTITY Tetrapod { SUBCLASS_OF: Vertebrate }
ENTITY Amphibian { SUBCLASS_OF: Tetrapod }
ENTITY Amniote { SUBCLASS_OF: Tetrapod }
ENTITY Reptile { SUBCLASS_OF: Amniote }
ENTITY Bird { SUBCLASS_OF: Amniote }
ENTITY Mammal { SUBCLASS_OF: Amniote }

RULE GroupConstraint {
 ecological_similarity != close_vertebrate_phylogenetic_relationship
}

ENTITY VertebrateBodyPlan {
 TYPICALLY_INCLUDES: [BilateralSymmetry, Cephalization, AxialSkeleton, PairedSensoryStructures]
}

ENTITY VertebrateOrganSystem {
 MAY_BE: [DigestiveSystem, RespiratorySystem, CirculatorySystem, NervousSystem, EndocrineSystem, MusculoskeletalSystem, ReproductiveSystem, UrinarySystem, ImmuneSystem]
}

ENTITY NervousSystem {
 INCLUDES: [CentralNervousSystem, PeripheralNervousSystem]
}

ENTITY CentralNervousSystem { INCLUDES: [Brain, SpinalCord] }
ENTITY PeripheralNervousSystem { CONNECTS: CentralNervousSystem }
ENTITY Brain { SUPPORTS: NeuralIntegration }
ENTITY SpinalCord { TRANSMITS_AND_PROCESSES: NeuralSignals }

PROCESS SensoryDetection { DETECTS: InternalOrExternalStimulus }
PROCESS NeuralIntegration { PROCESSES: SensoryMotorAndInternalInformation }
PROCESS MotorControl { REGULATES: MuscleAndEffectorActivity }

ENTITY MusculoskeletalSystem {
 INCLUDES: [Skeleton, SkeletalMuscle, Joint, Tendon, Ligament]
 SUPPORTS: [Movement, Posture, Protection]
}

ENTITY SkeletalMuscle { GENERATES: Force }
PROCESS Locomotion { MAY_USE: [Swimming, Walking, Running, Flying, Crawling] }

ENTITY CirculatorySystem {
 TYPICALLY_IS: ClosedCirculatorySystem
 INCLUDES: [Heart, Blood, BloodVessels]
}

ENTITY Heart { PUMPS: Blood }
ENTITY Blood { TRANSPORTS: [RespiratoryGases, Nutrients, Wastes, Hormones, ImmuneCells] }
PROCESS Circulation { MOVES: Blood }

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

PROCESS GasExchange { EXCHANGES: RespiratoryGases }
PROCESS CellularRespiration { RELEASES: UsableEnergy FROM: OrganicMolecules }

RULE RespirationDistinction {
 GasExchange != CellularRespiration
}

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

PROCESS Digestion { BREAKS_DOWN: Food }
PROCESS Absorption { MOVES: Nutrients INTO: BloodOrCells }

ENTITY Liver { PARTICIPATES_IN: [Metabolism, Detoxification, BileProduction, Storage] }
ENTITY Pancreas { PARTICIPATES_IN: [Digestion, EndocrineRegulation] }

ENTITY UrinarySystem {
 SUPPORTS: [Excretion, Osmoregulation, IonBalance]
}

ENTITY Kidney { REGULATES: [Water, Ions, WasteProducts, AcidBaseBalance] }
PROCESS Excretion { REMOVES: MetabolicWaste }
PROCESS Osmoregulation { MAINTAINS: WaterAndSoluteBalance }

ENTITY EndocrineSystem { USES: Hormones }
ENTITY Hormone { IS_A: SignallingMolecule }

RULE HormoneConstraint {
 hormone_concentration != physiological_effect
 WITHOUT receptor_tissue_and_state_context
}

ENTITY ImmuneSystem { DEFENDS: Vertebrate }
ENTITY InnateImmunity { PROVIDES: RapidBroadDefense }
ENTITY AdaptiveImmunity { PROVIDES: AntigenSpecificResponsesAndMemory }

ENTITY Homeostasis {
 MAINTAINS: InternalPhysiologicalVariables
 WITHIN: FunctionalRanges
}

PROCESS Thermoregulation { REGULATES_OR_RESPONDS_TO: BodyTemperature }
ENTITY EctothermicVertebrate { RELIES_SUBSTANTIALLY_ON: EnvironmentalHeat }
ENTITY EndothermicVertebrate { USES_SUBSTANTIAL: MetabolicHeatProduction }

RULE ThermalConstraint {
 ectothermy != absence_of_temperature_regulation
 endothermy != universally_constant_body_temperature
}

PROCESS VertebrateMetabolism {
 INCLUDES: [Catabolism, Anabolism, CellularRespiration, Biosynthesis]
}

ENTITY MetabolicRate { DESCRIBES: RateOfEnergyExpenditure }

RULE MetabolicContextConstraint {
 metabolic_rate MUST_PRESERVE body_mass_temperature_activity_state_and_method
}

PROCESS VertebrateGrowth { INCREASES: SizeOrBiomass }

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

RULE GrowthDevelopmentDistinction {
 VertebrateGrowth != VertebrateDevelopment
}

ENTITY VertebrateEmbryo { IS_A: EarlyDevelopmentalStage }
PROCESS Neurulation { FORMS: NeuralTube }
ENTITY NeuralCrest { IS_A: VertebrateEmbryonicCellPopulation }
PROCESS Organogenesis { FORMS: OrgansAndOrganSystems }

ENTITY VertebrateLifeStage {
 MAY_BE: [Embryo, Larva, Juvenile, Adult]
 DEPENDS_ON: Taxon
}

PROCESS Metamorphosis {
 TRANSFORMS: BodyFormAndPhysiology
 BETWEEN: LifeStages
}

PROCESS VertebrateReproduction {
 TYPICALLY_IS: SexualReproduction
 MAY_INCLUDE: DiverseReproductiveStrategies
}

PROCESS Gametogenesis { PRODUCES: Gametes }
PROCESS Fertilization { MAY_BE: [ExternalFertilization, InternalFertilization] }
ENTITY Oviparity { PRODUCES: EggsLaidOutsideMaternalBody }
ENTITY Viviparity { INVOLVES: EmbryonicDevelopmentWithinMaternalBody }

RULE ReproductiveStrategyConstraint {
 reproductive_strategy MUST_PRESERVE taxon_and_developmental_context
}

ENTITY VertebrateGenome { STORES: HeritableGeneticInformation }
ENTITY VertebrateGene { PART_OF: VertebrateGenome }

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

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

RULE GenotypePhenotypeDistinction { Genotype != Phenotype }

RULE GeneFunctionConstraint {
 gene_expression != causal_gene_function
 WITHOUT functional_or_perturbation_evidence
}

ENTITY VertebrateBehaviour {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Foraging, Mating, Territoriality, Migration, ParentalCare, SocialBehaviour]
}

PROCESS Learning { CHANGES: Behaviour }
PROCESS Communication { MAY_USE: [VisualSignal, AcousticSignal, ChemicalSignal, TactileSignal, ElectricalSignal] }

RULE BehaviourConstraint {
 observed_behaviour != inferred_intention_or_subjective_state
 WITHOUT appropriate_evidence
}

ENTITY VertebrateEcology { STUDIES: VertebrateEnvironmentRelationships }
ENTITY VertebratePopulation { COMPOSED_OF: IndividualsOfDefinedVertebrateTaxon }
ENTITY VertebrateCommunity { COMPOSED_OF: MultipleVertebratePopulations }
ENTITY Habitat { MAY_INCLUDE: [Marine, Freshwater, Terrestrial, Aerial, Subterranean] }

ENTITY EcologicalNiche {
 DESCRIBES: ResourcesConditionsAndInteractions
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: VertebrateTaxonOrPopulation
}

RULE HabitatNicheDistinction { Habitat != EcologicalNiche }

PROCESS Predation { INVOLVES: PredatorConsumingPrey }
PROCESS Herbivory { INVOLVES: ConsumptionOfPlantOrAlgalMaterial }
PROCESS Parasitism { BENEFITS: Parasite }
PROCESS Mutualism { BENEFITS: InteractingPartners }
PROCESS Competition { REDUCES: ResourceAccessOrPerformance }

PROCESS Migration { MOVES: Vertebrates BETWEEN: Regions }
PROCESS Dispersal { MOVES: IndividualsOrOffspring TO: NewLocation }

RULE MigrationDispersalDistinction { Migration != Dispersal }

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

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

RULE AdaptationConstraint {
 trait_environment_association != demonstrated_adaptation
 WITHOUT heritability_fitness_and_selection_evidence
}

PROCESS NaturalSelection { CHANGES: TraitOrAlleleFrequencies }
PROCESS GeneticDrift { CHANGES: AlleleFrequencies }
PROCESS GeneFlow { MOVES: GeneticVariation BETWEEN: Populations }

ENTITY VertebrateTaxonomy {
 CLASSIFIES: Vertebrates
 USING: [Morphology, Anatomy, Development, MolecularData, Phylogeny, Nomenclature]
}

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

ENTITY VertebrateSpecies {
 IS_A: TaxonomicConcept
 REQUIRES: SpeciesConceptAndEvidenceContext
}

ENTITY VertebratePhylogeny {
 REPRESENTS: EvolutionaryRelationships
 AMONG: VertebrateLineages
}

RULE TaxonomicIdentityConstraint {
 morphological_or_sequence_similarity != definitive_vertebrate_species_identity
 WITHOUT reference_resolution_and_taxonomic_context
}

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

ENTITY VertebrateMeasurementContext {
 HAS: [Taxon, LifeStage, SexWhenRelevant, TissueOrOrgan, Environment, ActivityState, Method, Unit, Timepoint]
}

RULE MeasurementContextRule {
 IF vertebrate_measurements ARE_COMPARED
 THEN VertebrateMeasurementContext MUST_BE preserved
}

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

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

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_vertebrate_models
  RECORD taxon
  RECORD life_stage
  RECORD sex_when_relevant
  RECORD tissue_or_organ
  RECORD environment_and_activity_state
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION Vertebrate IS_A Chordate
RELATION Vertebrate HAS Cranium
RELATION VertebralColumn PART_OF AxialSkeleton
RELATION NervousSystem CONTAINS CentralNervousSystem
RELATION CirculatorySystem CONTAINS Heart
RELATION VertebrateGenome CONTAINS VertebrateGene
RELATION VertebratePopulation PART_OF VertebrateCommunity
RELATION VertebrateTaxonomy CLASSIFIES VertebrateTaxon
RELATION EnvironmentalFactor MODULATES VertebratePerformance

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "vertebrate" ~= "animal belonging to vertebrate lineage"
 "vertebral column" ~= "spinal column" WHEN anatomical_context
 "CNS" ~= "central nervous system"
 "PNS" ~= "peripheral nervous system"
 "endoskeleton" ~= "internal supporting skeleton"
 "vertebrate zoology" ~= "study of vertebrate animals"
}

CONFIDENCE VertebrateAssertion {
 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 VertebrateIdentityInference {
 IF cranial_axial_developmental_molecular_and_phylogenetic_evidence converge
 THEN vertebrate_identity confidence MAY_INCREASE
}

RULE OrganSystemFunctionInference {
 IF anatomical_physiological_and_perturbation_evidence links_system_to_function
 THEN vertebrate_organ_system_function MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE DevelopmentInference {
 IF developmental_stage_transition is_reproducibly_observed
 THEN VertebrateDevelopment MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

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

QUERY VertebrateLookup(vertebrate_identifier) {
 RETURN [taxonomy, group, body_plan, skeleton, organ_systems, physiology, life_stage, development, reproduction, genome, behaviour, habitat, ecological_interactions, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY VertebrateSystemLookup(system_identifier) {
 RETURN [system_type, organs, tissues, cell_types, physiological_functions, regulatory_processes, developmental_state, environmental_context, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY VertebrateEcologyLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [taxa, populations, community, habitat, niche, trophic_roles, migration, dispersal, environmental_factors, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_vertebrate_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_taxon_group_life_stage_tissue_organ_and_environment()
  normalize_anatomical_gene_behavioural_ecological_and_taxonomic_identifiers()
  capture_activity_state_measurement_method_units_and_timepoint()
  map_cranium_axial_appendicular_and_body_plan_relationships()
  map_nervous_musculoskeletal_circulatory_respiratory_digestive_urinary_endocrine_and_immune_systems()
  map_metabolism_homeostasis_growth_development_reproduction_and_genetics()
  map_sensory_behavioural_learning_and_communication_relationships()
  map_population_community_trophic_migration_and_environmental_relationships()
  map_taxonomic_phylogenetic_and_evolutionary_relationships()
  compare_existing_vertebrate_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_vertebrate_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [vertebrate_identity, group, taxon, body_plan, skeleton, organ_systems, physiology, homeostasis, life_stage, development, reproduction, genetics, behaviour, ecology, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_taxon_group_life_stage_and_environmental_context, preserve_tissue_organ_activity_measurement_and_timepoint_context, distinguish_vertebrate_from_invertebrate, distinguish_ecological_similarity_from_phylogenetic_relationship, distinguish_gas_exchange_from_cellular_respiration, distinguish_growth_from_development, preserve_reproductive_strategy_context, distinguish_genotype_from_phenotype, distinguish_gene_expression_from_causal_function, 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 Vertebrate
 REQUIRE Chordate
 REQUIRE Cranium
 REQUIRE VertebralColumn
 REQUIRE Endoskeleton
 REQUIRE VertebrateBodyPlan
 REQUIRE NervousSystem
 REQUIRE MusculoskeletalSystem
 REQUIRE CirculatorySystem
 REQUIRE RespiratorySystem
 REQUIRE DigestiveSystem
 REQUIRE UrinarySystem
 REQUIRE EndocrineSystem
 REQUIRE ImmuneSystem
 REQUIRE Homeostasis
 REQUIRE VertebrateGrowth
 REQUIRE VertebrateDevelopment
 REQUIRE VertebrateReproduction
 REQUIRE VertebrateGenome
 REQUIRE VertebrateBehaviour
 REQUIRE VertebrateEcology
 REQUIRE VertebrateTaxonomy
 REQUIRE VertebrateMeasurement
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Vertebrate != Invertebrate
 ASSERT ecological_similarity != close_vertebrate_phylogenetic_relationship
 ASSERT GasExchange != CellularRespiration
 ASSERT VertebrateGrowth != VertebrateDevelopment
 ASSERT Genotype != Phenotype
 ASSERT gene_expression != causal_gene_function
 ASSERT Habitat != EcologicalNiche
 ASSERT Migration != Dispersal
 ASSERT trait_environment_association != demonstrated_adaptation
 ASSERT morphological_or_sequence_similarity != definitive_vertebrate_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 "VertebrateOntology"