Telepathic DNA

This is yet another short and spontaneous post from me, however, this story is so interesting that I had to share it. This is not a very latest piece of research but somehow it has come to my attention only now.

In an article published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, “Scientists are reporting evidence that intact, double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. And then like friends with similar interests, the bits of genetic material hangout or congregate together. The recognition — of similar sequences in DNA’s chemical subunits — occurs in a way once regarded as impossible, the researchers suggest.

The observation is, however, experimental evidence of a theoretical hypothesis put forth by the same group of scientists. They also suggest a possible mechanism for the process in their article. For those interested, the details of the article are as follows,

Title: DNA Double Helices Recognize Mutual Sequence Homology in a Protein Free Environment
Authors: Geoff S. Baldwin, Nicholas J. Brooks, Rebecca E. Robson, Aaron Wynveen, Arach Goldar, Sergey Leikin, John M. Seddon, and Alexei A. Kornyshev
Journal: . Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112 (4), pp 1060–1064

Comments 2

  1. April 5, 2010

    Interesting, but I think you should have put a question mark behind the title – as the scientists themselves does not even suggest the possibility of "telepathy" as a cause.Also notice that this is something that occurs at very small distances.Do not misunderstand – I myself have experienced complex long range "connections" of a kind that I find unexplainable. Regards,your new facebook friendNew Species

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