On the "barcode" functionality of the DNA, or The phenomenon of Life in the physical Universe
The information contained in the genome is insufficient for the control of organism development. Thus, the whereabouts of actual operational directives and workings of the genome remain obscure. In this work, it is suggested that the genome information plays a role of a "barcode". The DNA...
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Zusammenfassung: | The information contained in the genome is insufficient for the control of
organism development. Thus, the whereabouts of actual operational directives
and workings of the genome remain obscure. In this work, it is suggested that
the genome information plays a role of a "barcode". The DNA structure presents
a pseudo-random number(PRN)with classification tags, so organisms are
characterized by DNA as library books are characterized by catalogue numbers.
Elaboration of the "barcode" interpretation of DNA implicates the
infrastructure of the physical Universe as a seat of biological information
processing. Thanks to the PRNs provided by DNA, biological objects can share
these facilities in the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mode, similarly to
cellular phone communications. Figuratively speaking, populations of biological
objects in the physical Universe can be seen as a community of users on the
Internet with a wireless CDMA connection. The phenomenon of Life as a
collective information processing activity has little to do with physics and is
to be treated with the methodology of engineering design. The concept of the
"barcode" functionality of DNA confronts the descriptive scientific doctrines
with a unique operational scheme of biological information control. Recognition
of this concept would require sacrificing the worldview of contemporary
cosmology. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.physics/0111093 |