atoms to ecosystems

An evolutionary theory killer

A single base change refutes theistic evolution (2)

May 9, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, Autophagy, base editing, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Light Energy, microRNA editing, Model Organisms, Neuronal Plasticity, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA editing, RNA interference, RNA methylation, RNA-directed DNA methylation, RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression, RNA-mediated gene silencing, RNA-mediated toxicity, RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity, Subatomic
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Announcing publication of a model that links the creation of quantized energy from changes in subatomic particles to biophysically constrained viral latency and sympatric speciation in all living genera. Nutrient-dependent Pheromone-Controlled Ecological Adaptations: From Angstroms to Ecosystems This angstroms to ecosystems model of ecological adaptation links nutrient energy-dependent epigenetic effects on base pairs and amino acid substitutions to pheromone-controlled changes in the microRNA/messenger RNA balance and chromosomal rearrangements via the physiology of reproduction in species from microbes to humans. The…

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The eternal significance of microRNAs (1)

April 10, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, Autophagy, base editing, biophotonics, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Light Energy, microRNA editing, Model Organisms, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA editing, RNA interference, RNA methylation, RNA-directed DNA methylation, RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression, RNA-mediated gene silencing, RNA-mediated toxicity, RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity, Variations
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Common Allele Linked to Sugar Consumption Leads to Lower Body Fat, Higher Blood Pressure One energy-dependent change in a base pair is linked from the FGF21 rs838133 variant to microRNA-mediated changes in morphology and behavior. The quantized energy as information link from microRNAs to morphology and behavior is common to my mouse-to-human model of sympatric speciation. By linking the common allele to sugar consumption, the authors attest to the fact that sympatric speciation is quantized energy-dependent. Energy as information biophysically constrains…

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Complexity: Routes and Patterns (4)

April 5, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, RNA Directed
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Amino acid coevolution reveals three-dimensional structure and functional domains of insect odorant receptors (2015) …the current models are both consistent with available and new experimental data and offer a number of predictions – notably, through revelation of highly constrained residues (Supplementary Data 9–10) – to guide and visualise structure-function analyses of these unusual sensory receptors. No experimental evidence of top-down causation links anything except the quantized energy-dependent creation of enzymes, hormones, and receptors to biophysically constrained viral latency and ecological…

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Psychophysical Laws of Biology: RNA-mediated nutritional psychiatry (3)

March 27, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, biophotonics, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Human Brain, Human Pheromones, Light Energy, microRNA editing, Model Organisms, Neuronal Plasticity, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA interference, RNA methylation, RNA-directed DNA methylation, RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression, RNA-mediated gene silencing, RNA-mediated toxicity, RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity, Subatomic, Variations, What's in the News
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Psychophysical Laws and the Superorganism  (open access) …superorganisms may also exhibit such behaviour, suggesting that these laws arise from fundamental mechanisms of information processing and decision-making. Reported on Jun 14, 2013 as Nutrient-dependent/pheromone-controlled adaptive evolution: a model and again on: Mar 27, 2018 as Honeybees may unlock the secrets of how the human brain works The study… found that superorganisms may obey the same laws as the human brain. Kohl’s “Laws of Biology” and Darwin’s “conditions of life” can now be…

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Polymaths and paradigm shifts: from Asimov to Bear (2)

March 14, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, Autophagy, base editing, biophotonics, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Light Energy, microRNA editing, Model Organisms, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA editing, RNA interference, RNA methylation, RNA-directed DNA methylation, RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression, RNA-mediated gene silencing, RNA-mediated toxicity, RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity, Subatomic, What's in the News
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Polymaths and paradigm shifts: from Asimov to Bear (1) See also: Search results for virus-driven energy theft Summary: The creation of enzymes, such as ATP synthase is energy-dependent. The energy biophysically constrains viral latency via the creation of microRNAs and RNA-mediated amino acid substitutions that differentiate the cell types of all living genera. Modifying Other’s Originality without Quote is an Act of Piracy A writer who does not cite the sources in h/h feature article is committing piracy. Piracy is…

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Ecological adaptation: A new definition of heredity (3)

March 9, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, Autophagy, base editing, biophotonics, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Light Energy, microRNA editing, Model Organisms, Neuronal Plasticity, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA editing, RNA interference, Subatomic, What's in the News
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Excerpt: Moving forward: Novel and Haplotype Specific MicroRNAs Encoded by the Major Histocompatibility Complex …these data suggest that a subset of the identified novel miRNAs may contribute to the pathophysiology of numerous diseases, laying the groundwork for future studies to elucidate the functional connections of miRNAs to the numerous diseases associated with sequence variants within non-coding regions of the MHC. OMCD: OncoMir Cancer Database Dysregulation of miRNAs is commonly observed in cancers and it largely cancer dependent. The virus-driven theft…

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Plenty of Room at the Bottom

Cryo-EM: Linking spatial and conformational constraints

February 13, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, biophotonics, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Light Energy, Model Organisms, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA interference, RNA-directed DNA methylation
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On Darwin Day (2018) Carl Zimmer suggested use of the twitter hashtag #Istudyevolution to report whatever aspect of biology people were studying. For example, Richard Lenski reported that he studied adaptation in E. coli. When I told others that ecological adaptation is nutrient-dependent and pheromone-controlled in species from microbes to humans, he blocked me from seeing his comments. Evidently he did not want people to know that he had been studying ecological adaptation for more than 2 decades but reporting…

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An evolutionary theory killer

Subatomic: From thermophiles to humans

February 9, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, Autophagy, base editing, biophotonics, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Human Brain, Human Pheromones, Light Energy, microRNA editing, Model Organisms, Neuronal Plasticity, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA editing, RNA interference, RNA methylation, RNA-directed DNA methylation, RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression, RNA-mediated gene silencing, RNA-mediated toxicity, RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity, Subatomic, Variations, What's in the News
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A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. — Max Planck Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it has been discovered before. Lastly they say they always believed it. — Louis Agassiz  (1807-1873) The claims of neo-Darwininan theorists and big…

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An evolutionary theory killer

A reversible TCA cycle in a thermophile

February 8, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, Autophagy, base editing, biophotonics, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Human Brain, Human Pheromones, Light Energy, Model Organisms, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA editing, RNA interference, RNA methylation, RNA-directed DNA methylation, RNA-mediated gene silencing, RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity, Subatomic, What's in the News
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Make no mistake, pseudoscientists have stolen the soul of science for more than 20 years, with their ridiculous claims about mutations and evolution. For comparison, see: “…considering that we have just 3 such round Nos ‘100’ ‘1000’ ‘10000’, its just three out of all realistic possibilities, no? Admit its looks cool just bec. we calc in Dec system. History books claims was invented by ancient societies; but I think its evolution: We have 10 fingers!” My reply (SARCASM ALERT): Thanks.…

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Enzyme-constrained interethnic biodiversity (1)

January 8, 2018
James Kohl
Adaptations, Alternative Splicings, Autophagy, base editing, biophotonics, Cytosis, Diseases & Disorders, Ecology, Human Pheromones, Light Energy, microRNA editing, Model Organisms, Neuronal Plasticity, Nutrigenomics, Physics, RNA Directed, RNA editing, RNA interference, RNA methylation, RNA-directed DNA methylation, RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression, RNA-mediated gene silencing, RNA-mediated toxicity, RNA–Mediated Epigenetic Heredity, Variations
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Excerpt: Summaries of mutation categories: The summaries attest to the fact that human interethnic biodiversity can be linked to all biodiversity via the food energy-dependent creation of enzymes and the pheromone-controlled physiology of reproduction, which link autophagy to biophysically constrained viral latency. Immune Issue …the findings are “not a show stopper, but the field needs to know about this… Investors are stopping the Zhang-Church-Doudna show. Some were prepared to invest in energy-dependent RNA interference, which biophysically constrains viral latency.The way…

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