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World J Biol Chem. Nov 26, 2010; 1(11): 348-352
Published online Nov 26, 2010. doi: 10.4331/wjbc.v1.i11.348
Published online Nov 26, 2010. doi: 10.4331/wjbc.v1.i11.348
Biocommunication and natural genome editing
Guenther Witzany, Telos-Philosophische Praxis, Vogelsangstrasse 18c, A-5111-Buermoos, Austria
Author contributions: Witzany G was responsible for all aspects of the study and manuscript preparation.
Correspondence to: Dr. Guenther Witzany, Telos-Philosophische Praxis, Vogelsangstrasse 18c, A-5111-Buermoos, Austria. witzany@sbg.at
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Received: May 4, 2010
Revised: July 8, 2010
Accepted: July 15, 2010
Published online: November 26, 2010
Revised: July 8, 2010
Accepted: July 15, 2010
Published online: November 26, 2010
Abstract
The biocommunicative approach investigates communication processes within and among cells, tissues, organs and organisms as sign-mediated interactions, and nucleotide sequences as code, i.e. language-like text, which follows in parallel three kinds of rules: combinatorial (syntactic), context-sensitive (pragmatic), and content-specific (semantic). Natural genome editing from a biocommunicative perspective is competent agent-driven generation and integration of meaningful nucleotide sequences into pre-existing genomic content arrangements and the ability to (re-)combine and (re-)regulate them according to context-dependent (i.e. adaptational) purposes of the host organism.