The DNA molecule is threaded so fine that it is only possible to see it under high powerful electron microscopes. To get a sense of exactly how
long an uncoiled DNA molecule is compared to a typical cell, a cell is magnified 1000 times. At this scale, the total length of all the DNA in the
cell's nucleus would be 3 km -- the equivalent distance of the Lincoln Memorial to the capital in Washington, DC.
The human genome comprises the information contained in one set of human chromosomes which themselves contain about 3 billion base pairs (bp) of
DNA in 46 chromosomes (22 autosome pairs + 2 sex chromosomes). The total length of DNA present in one adult human is calculated by the multiplication
of:
(length of 1 bp)(number of bp per cell)(number of cells in the body)
(0.34 × 10-9 m)(6 × 109)(1013)
2.0 × 1013 meters
That is the equivalent of nearly 70 trips from the earth to the sun and back.
2.0 × 1013 meters = 133.691627 astronomical units
133.691627 / 2 = 66.8458135 round trips to the sun
On the average, a single human chromosome consists of DNA Molecule that is almost 5 centimeters.
Steven Chen – 1998
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The info presented above is staggering to me. The enormous amount of surface area which is comprised of DNA “antennae” is amazing if one considers
that DNA may be functioning as a transceiver.
The imagination runs wild with the implications of this research.
Jeremy Narby has written a book on the subject of Bio Photons and the origins of knowledge: "The Cosmic Serpent"
Jeremy speculates that the "Feathered Serpent" found in so many ancient mythologies as the bringer of knowledge, is actually DNA.
There seems to be a capacity to make choices operating inside each cell in our body, down to the level of individual proteins and enzymes. DNA
itself is a kind of "text" that functions through a coding system called "genetic code," which is strikingly similar to codes used by human
beings. Some enzymes edit the RNA transcript of the DNA text and add new letters to it; any error made during this editing can be fatal to the entire
organism; so these enzymes are consistently making the right choices; if they don't, something often goes wrong leading to cancer and other diseases.
Cells send one another signals, in the form of proteins and molecules. These signals mean: divide, or don't divide, move, or don't move, kill
yourself, or stay alive. Any one cell is listening to hundreds of signals at the same time, and has to integrate them and decide what to do. How this
intelligence operates is the question.
This is the observation that led me to investigate the cosmic serpent. I found the symbol in shamanism all over the world. Why? That's a good
question. My hypothesis is that it is connected to the double helix of DNA inside virtually all living beings. And DNA itself is a symbolic Saussurian
code. So, yes, in at least one important way, the living world is inherently symbolic. We are made of living language.
Source:
deoxy.org...
There's so much more to this. As someone stated in an earlier response it truly is revolutionary and could change everything we think we know.
Great thread, S&F
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