DNA as an Aesthetic Phenomenon: A Thing of Beauty

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The schematic diagram above shows some detail about the DNA molecule.

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a mouthful to pronounce so scientists just say DNA.

The most outstanding feature of the DNA molecule is its shape. This is the crux of DNA and yet its shape is ignored. 

Semiotically, the DNA double helix structure signifies love of beauty. Two long strands of nucleotides in taut embrace is the most significant aspect of the molecule.

DNA is an aesthetic phenomenon with functional features thrown in for good measure. It's overall structure reflect sophisticated aesthetic principles.

With less than 1% of nucleotide pairs coding for anything at all, geneticists are wondering what to make of human DNA. Clearly, as humans are at the top of the pyramid of organisms, we hold the rights to being the most complex as well. No such luck.

Why Onions Have More DNA Than You Do: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2000/02/why-onions-have-more-dna-than-you-do/

Potatoes have more genes than humans: 39000 for potatoes against 20500 for humans.

The current paradigm rejects design as motivation behind the existence of the universe despite fractal analysis opening up that possibility. It is this paradigmatic limitation that must be eliminated before we can truly understand the existence of aesthetic motivation behind the phenomena.

Semiotically, the information approach to DNA points at more than function at the centre of DNA. 

Organisms that have considerably more DNA base pairs than humans. Here are a few examples:

  1. Lungfish: Certain species of lungfish, such as the marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus), have genome sizes estimated to be around 133 billion base pairs. This is more than 40 times larger than the size of the human genome.

  2. Axolotl: The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), a salamander species known for its remarkable regenerative abilities, has a genome size estimated to be around 32 billion base pairs. This is roughly ten times larger than the human genome.

  3. Paris japonica: Paris japonica is a flowering plant endemic to Japan. It has one of the largest known genomes, estimated to be around 150 billion base pairs. This is approximately 50 times larger than the human genome.

  4. Amoeba Dubia: Amoeba Dubia, a type of single-celled amoeba, possesses an enormous genome estimated to be around 670 billion base pairs. This makes it one of the largest known genomes, more than 200 times larger than the human genome.

    Since there is no correlation between genome size and complexity of function, we have to find the answers elsewhere. 

Sophistication and Elegant Systems Engineering of the DNA Double Helix Molecule.

Fractal dimension of DNA spiral as seen from above




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