ReviewBiology2017
Living Organisms Author Their Read-Write Genomes in Evolution.
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- Non-Random Genome Editing and Natural Cellular Engineering in Cognition-Based Evolution.Cells · 2021Review
- Genomic Intelligence as Über Bio-Cybersecurity: The Gödel Sentence in Immuno-Cognitive Systems.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- How Chaotic Is Genome Chaos?Cancers · 2021Review
- Biomolecular Basis of Cellular Consciousness via Subcellular Nanobrains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Read, Write, Adapt: Challenges and Opportunities during Kinetoplastid Genome Replication.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2021Review
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- Physicochemical Foundations of Life that Direct Evolution: Chance and Natural Selection are not Evolutionary Driving Forces.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Somatic Genomic Mosaicism in Multiple Myeloma.Frontiers in genetics · 2020Article
- Reappraising the exteriorization of the mammalian testes through evolutionary physiology.Communicative & integrative biology · 2019Review
- What Is Karyotype Coding and Why Is Genomic Topology Important for Cancer and Evolution?Frontiers in genetics · 2019Review
- Naturing and nurturing the competent oocyte: it's all in the niche.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2018Article
- Senomic view of the cell: SenomeCommunicative & integrative biology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Evolutionary variations generating phenotypic adaptations and novel taxa resulted from complex cellular activities altering genome content and expression: (i) Symbiogenetic cell mergers producing the mitochondrion-bearing ancestor of eukaryotes and chloroplast-bearing ancestors of photosynthetic eukaryotes; (ii) interspecific hybridizations and genome doublings generating new species and adaptive radiations of higher plants and animals; and, (iii) interspecific horizontal DNA transfer encoding virtually all of the cellular functions between organisms and their viruses in all domains of life. Consequently, assuming that evolutionary processes occur in isolated genomes of individual species has become an unrealistic abstraction. Adaptive variations also involved natural genetic engineering of mobile DNA elements to rewire regulatory networks. In the most highly evolved organisms, biological complexity scales with "non-coding" DNA content more closely than with protein-coding capacity. Coincidentally, we have learned how so-called "non-coding" RNAs that are rich in repetitive mobile DNA sequences are key regulators of complex phenotypes. Both biotic and abiotic ecological challenges serve as triggers for episodes of elevated genome change. The intersections of cell activities, biosphere interactions, horizontal DNA transfers, and non-random Read-Write genome modifications by natural genetic engineering provide a rich molecular and biological foundation for understanding how ecological disruptions can stimulate productive, often abrupt, evolutionary transformations.
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