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Periodic Tables Unifying Living Organisms At The Molecular Level: The Predictive Power Of The Law Of Periodicity (Paperback)
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Periodic Tables Unifying Living Organisms At The Molecular Level: The Predictive Power Of The Law Of Periodicity (Paperback)
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The DNA sequencing of a series of living organisms has elucidated
many biological problems. But the internal atomic and electronic
evolution of DNA remains to be mapped in detail. RNA and DNA now
appear to be the prime determinants of biological evolution leading
to the sudden appearance of novel organism structures and functions
that emerge 'ready made' as a surprise to the organism. This has
been demonstrated by the manipulation of genes that led to the
sudden production of additional complete wings and legs in flies
and birds. The study of this internal atomic construction of
macromolecules is being investigated at the large electron
accelerators such as the MAX IV Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory,
Lund University, Sweden.The periodicity of the chemical elements is
well known from its iconic Table. Significantly, this periodicity
can now be seen to extend to the properties of living organisms.
Biological properties as different as: flight, vision, luminescence
and regeneration, as well as others, show unexpectedly periodic
emergence. They resurface, without previous announcement, in most
unrelated plant and animal families and they emerge irrespective of
whether the organism is a simple invertebrate or a most complex
mammal.Moreover, this periodicity does not necessarily start at the
cell or DNA levels but appears initially in crystals and minerals,
where it is shown to be a pure atomic and electronic process, e.g.
in luminescence and regeneration.The assembled molecular evidence
led to the construction of Periodic Tables of living organisms,
placing them in a position comparable to the periodicity of the
chemical elements. Surprisingly, there are striking resemblances
between the periodicities of the chemical elements and those of
living organisms. In addition, the two types of Tables increase our
insight into the events directing atomic evolution since the
periodic law established in chemical elements turns out to be
applicable to the periodicity of living organisms. The new Periodic
Tables introduce a predictive capacity in biological evolution that
before was hardly contemplated.Eric Scerri, from the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, California University, Los Angeles, who
is the Author of the book 'The Periodic Table. Its Story and its
Significance', Oxford University Press, stated in an e-mail that
'Professor Lima-de-Faria's book is wonderful and a pioneering
work'.
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