Thats why i said i think Aptom could absorb or replicate a Zoalords cells as long as his own bio system could cope with the energy production to maintain the form, seeing as he doesnt have a Zoacrystal to do so. like you said as in the case of the Zoanoids all the information is there already.
it would be like seeing a torch that is illuminated and wanting to replicate it, so you could get the blueprint for a torch but if you had no battery it wouldnt work, BUT if you made another way to power it through mains or a wind up device you end up with a working torch emitting light but via a slightly different way. (did that example help at all or was it even necessary!!?? )
i also think that the Telepathic/ mind control abilities would be a preprogrammed function of the crystal or it could be part of the genetic make up of a Zoalord - in which case Aptom would be able to control lower Zoanoids if he absorbed that capability from a zoalords brain's genetic make up. watch out Cronos if that happenend!!!!
hmm.... Aprtom cells vs boost creature cells , that would be an all out war - i think they would end up as a pulsing mass of goop on the floor in an eternal battle for supremacy!!!!!! absorb- eat - regenerate - absorb - eat- regenerate -absorb..... ∞
Aptom absorbing sho????? good question!
if Aptom replicated Shou's brain and or nervous system and possibly just his whole body then MAYBE he could boost if him doing so would trick the control metal into thinking Aptom was Sho?? although maybe he would need Shou's consciousness to call it / control it, and thats not really a physical thing that can be replicated (unless you work at the Dollhouse!)