Biological mechanisms: organized to maintain autonomy1*I thank Fred Boogerd, Frank Bruggeman, Andrew Hamilton, Alvaro Moreno, Adam Streed, and Cory Wright for the very useful discussions and helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

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