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In the field of the study of complex systems, and from a functional point of view, the understanding of Nature and living organisms is fundamental insofar as it implements several layered visions:

 – molecular vision, which corresponds to the microscopic level and includes the functions and actions covered by the agents;

 – cell vision, which corresponds to the mesoscopic level and essentially involves interactions;

 – the macroscopic vision, which involves an aggregation, sometimes an interweaving, that is more or less structured, of the previous elements.

Similarly, recent discoveries [STE 88, AME 98] on the complexity of cellular societies show that cell differentiation or specialization arises from small asymmetries in the cascade of messages sent and received by initially identical cells or agents. It is amplified by intercellular activities and leads to different configurations or assignments; some functions are activated and developed at the agent level, and others are locked, inhibited and repressed.