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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

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

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

EARTHWORM SOCIETY OF BRITAIN. "Where earthworms are present there are more bacteria and fungi and they are more active. This is important as bacteria and fungi are key in releasing nutrients from organic matter and making them available to plants." (Only in the UK!!). https://lnkd.in/eBKe7X4 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

EARTHWORM POO. "The intriguing thing about amorphous calcium carbonate is that strictly it shouldn't exist, or at least it shouldn't exist for long enough for us to have spotted it in the earthworm-produced granules. Amorphous calcium carbonate is so unstable that it is almost impossible to make in the laboratory and once made converts to calcite within minutes." https://lnkd.in/e34sEk6 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

CAST FERTILIZER. "Earthworms also facilitate the transport of certain elements to the soil surface so that their faecal casts have concentrations of calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, available phosphorus, and molybdenum that are higher than in the surrounding soil. Therefore, earthworms not only improve the soil texture but also enrich the soil." https://lnkd.in/e8jbAfG View in LinkedIn

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

BUILDING SOIL STRUCTURE. "Earthworm activity facilitates the physical comminution of organic particles, the amelioration of soil pH, the enhancement of microbial activity, and the mixing of soil from different strata in the profile. They promote the formation of organomineral complexes and, by delivering faecal casts at the surface, they bring organo-mineral crumbs from the deeper parts of the profile to the surface." https://lnkd.in/e8jbAfG View in LinkedIn