Physics of Biology

Spooky Senses

Authors: Clark M. Thomas
Comments: 6 Pages.

What do seemingly spooky senses have to do withother human senses and physics? We are talkingabout "objective ESP" that might be verified, notsubjective sensations beyond logical models.Sensory feedback loops are keys within evolution inall plants and animals, and part of life’s perpetualstruggle against entropy. Humans likewise utilizereal sensations beyond the usual five types. Otherlife forms have sensory abilities that seem ESP tous, but looked at closely are just part of their coresuite of tools. Objective ESP is one aspect of ourbetter understanding the nature and limits ofentanglement and supersymmetry.
Category: Physics of Biology

Systems of State-Set Permutated Replicators Walking Ergodically and Non-Ergodically in Permutation Space

Authors: Perry W. Swanborough
Comments: 14 Pages.

In this paper I describe collections of state-set permutated Byl replicators replicating under common state-transition functions as systems of replicators, and show that systems can be walked through a permutation space by replacement or deletion and addition of system members. By doing this, a process of homochiral replication systems exploring an "adjacent possible" is modelled. Ergodicity corresponds to the maximum possible number of replacements in a system at some or all steps, but assuming gradualism of system change by limiting the number of changes in each step to the minimum possible, walks within the comprehensive permutation space become restricted in range.
Category: Physics of Biology

Second Level Code of Life: Existence and Role of Protein Program

Authors: Bo Zhang
Comments: 19 Pages.

The traits of an organism are determined by DNA or RNA genetic information. Based on modern genetic theory, such a determination path is from genetic information to protein structures and protein functions and then to the traits or abilities of an organism. However, the microscopic activities of life molecules in many phenomena and functions of specific proteins are not well explained only by the structures of proteins and other life molecules.

I gave a classification of rules things operate in accordance with, which includes rules of natural laws, rules of structures and rules of information codes, and made inferences based on modern genetic theory and the concept of the three types of rules to reach that life molecules may act following information codes. Then, I proposed the hypothesis of a new conceptual model of life, namely, the genetic program of genetic substance molecules, which is the second level code of life, compared with the genetic information of DNA/RNA which can be called the first level code of life. Genetic programs are carried and executed by genetic substance molecules, including DNA, RNA, and protein, and define certain rules of actions of life. The protein program is now the mainstay of the genetic program. The protein's role as the information substance of life is examined in this paper.

The theory provides a new perspective and justifications to explain the activities of biomolecules and biological functions. I also gave a new definition of life based on the concept of genetic program.