Month: September 2022

ERROR OR DESIGN? "Is really new sequence space the result of selection of an abundance of replication errors, or in contrary, is it the result of the practical competence of living agents to generate new sequence? Are, e.g., RNA viruses ‘‘error-prone’’ or is this a misleading term for a highly productive behavior?" https://lnkd.in/eWydwab View in LinkedIn

INTERACTING AGENTS OF INFORMATION CODES. "He found that no natural language speaks itself as no natural code codes itself. In natural languages/codes there are always competent agents that act consortial to use signs in languages/codes. This kind of social interaction is completely absent in inanimate nature." https://lnkd.in/emqdYrV View in LinkedIn

RNA WORLD AGENTS. "Adapted to the genetic code he investigates competent agents that generate, integrate or delete nucleotide sequences such as viruses, viroids, infection derived modules known as mobile genetic elements and all consortia of RNA stem-loops." https://lnkd.in/emqdYrV View in LinkedIn

SELF AND NON-SELF CODE. "Living Nature is structured and organised by language and communication within and among organisms. This means that besides human language and communication every organism within its population is competent to use signs with which organisms can differentiate between self and non-self and are able to exchange information concerning common coordinations and organisations of single and group behavior. These sign-mediated interactions we term biocommunication." (Güenther Witzany). https://lnkd.in/eHWGiGU View in LinkedIn

AGENT COMMUNICATION. "Natural genome editing from a biocommunicative perspective is competent agent-driven generation and integration of meaningful nucleotide sequences into pre-existing genomic content arrangements and the ability to (re-)combine and (re-)regulate them according to context-dependent (i.e. adaptational) purposes of the host organism." (Guenther Witzany). https://lnkd.in/eHWGiGU View in LinkedIn

PRECISE EDITING. "It is becoming increasingly evident that the driving forces of evolutionary novelty are not randomly derived chance mutations of the genetic text, but a precise genome editing by omnipresent viral agents." An extraordinary statement to wrap your mind around, and contrary to previous thinking. Re-read and re-digest. Time to re-educate ourselves. I will quote this paper extensively. https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

VIRAL GENOME EDITING AS EVOLUTIONARY DRIVERS. "These competences integrate the whole toolbox of natural genetic engineering, replication, transcription, translation, genomic imprinting, genomic creativity, enzymatic inventions and all types of genetic repair patterns." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend in the subject of earthworms. Previously, the delightful story of Darwin with his decades long experiments with earthworms was covered. This weekend, we explore modern findings of the enrichment of the soil microbiota due to earthworms. The earthworm gut microbiota has been thoroughly characterized, and matched with that of the surrounding soil. View in LinkedIn

TIP OF ICEBERG. "The microbiotic systems in soil are still not well understood, despite their essential role in biogeochemical cycling on earth. Earlier estimates suggest that 1 g of soil contains about 10(3)–10(7) microbial species, and the general belief is that

CARBON SEQUESTERING BY WORMS. "If those numbers sound small, once you take into account average earthworm densities in soil you find that earthworm-produced calcite could lock up 564kg of carbon per hectare of soil per year. Put into context, typical soil-based carbon sequestration techniques such as using cover crops, organic composts and manures, and converting degraded soils into forests could sequester 300 to 800 kg of carbon per hectare per year." https://lnkd.in/e34sEk6 View in LinkedIn