Month: September 2022

MORE THAN GENES. “Machines, no matter how complex and sophisticated, are inevitably the result of machine-building competences of human engineers, but an organism is not the mere result of a blueprint represented by its genes.” http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3512409/ View in LinkedIn

DECODING. “Second, agency on its own behalf and interpretation of meaning—context-decoding—are obviously, and essentially, already present at the level of single proteins or RNA molecules. Living organisms competently use species-specific signals to transport meanings to coordinate common cellular behaviour.” http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3512409/ View in LinkedIn

TRANSPOSONS. “Changes in the genetic code, which are of evolutionary relevance, are the result of fine-tuned processes by a large network of mobile genetic elements and persistent viruses that alter DNA sequences and that are the driving force behind the evolution of biological complexity.” http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3512409/ View in LinkedIn

CHAIN OF CODE. “No natural language speaks itself as no natural code codes itself; it always requires living agents acting on their own behalf that are competent in generating and interpreting these natural codes.” http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3512409/ View in LinkedIn

STRUCTURE VS SCRIPT CODE. “Moreover, proteins and RNAs determine a three-dimensional architecture of the chromatin complex of interphase chromosomes, which then controls DNA expression. In this respect, the structural code reigns over the script code.” http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3512409/ View in LinkedIn

FAIRY TALE. “In organisms, the upward (bottom-up) and downward (top-down) causations are inherently intertwined between numerous feedback interactions. Therefore, claims that the ‘book of life' is written in the genetic programme of the genome are not embracing the whole complexity of living organisms.” http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3512409/ View in LinkedIn