Further notes about the morphostasis concept – split files

(34) Wound induced polyploidy

Her is an interesting point. In this article the authors discuss the "use" of polyploidy as an initial mechanism to restore tissue structure. Local cells swell and become polyploid in a first pass (?) technique to restructure tissues. So, there seems to be a positive reason for these apparently miscreant cells and – of course – they are very characteristic of tumour tissues.