The Reality of the Blueprint
In order to be able to recognize the blueprint of an organism, a comparative, descriptive research method is necessary. That research may include a wide range of organisms in order to be able to recognize the similarities and differences in their morphology. A second possibility is to study the morphological characteristics of the various systems within one organism in order to discover how the blueprint manifests itself within diverse tissue types and organ systems. In this module, we will, in particular, adhere to the latter method. Our objective is to be able to recognize and describe generally active morphological dynamics. Once the general morphological characteristics have been found, the variations in the details of the various systems can be described. The reality of a blueprint can be derived from macromorphology, the morphology of organs and organisms as a whole. The problem that arises here is that each individual organism is a variation of the blueprint. Therefore, it goes without saying that the blueprint could be rejected in favor of the existence of the individually developing organisms. However, the possibility of a division in, for example, species and families, already demonstrates that morphology has always recognized the existence of general principles of shape and form. For example, the division of the animal kingdom into mollusks, coelenterates, invertebrates,