Arbind Kumar
University Professor
HoD and Director
P. G. Department of Zoology
Patna University, Patna
There are different species of organisms on the Earth and at the cellular and molecular levels there is a unique master plan of organization common to all. All organisms have the cells as their basic structural and functional unit and all have essentially the same genetic code made of DNA. The DNA is the blueprint of all living organisms and controls their structures and functions. The light, scanning and transmission electron microscopic studies done have shown that cells of a particular type are organized together to form a tissue of specialized function and different tissues are organized to form organs to perform a particular function in an organism. There is also a definite organizational plan in our Solar System and Galaxy, other galaxies and cluster of galaxies of the expanding universe as revealed by telescopic and astrophysical research in every band of the electromagnetic spectrum. However, little has been done to investigate a relationship between the microscopic organization of living organism and the astronomical organization. The present study implies that the two parts of nature - biological world up to microscopic level and physical world at macroscopic level - are intimately correlated, a fact which has always been overlooked.
The present investigation points out a definite correlation between the organizational plan of DNA molecule and cell during organic evolution and the organizational plan of our Solar System during inorganic evolution. The following equation showing the correlation between the genetic code of DNA and the apparent motion of the Sun, due to Earth’s revolution around the Sun, has been derived during the present study.
64 – K 339
----------------- = ---------------
20 107.65
Where, 64 = Number of codons
20 = Number of amino acids
K = Astromolecular constant i.e. 1.013, derived during the presen Investigation
339 = Number of disks of Sun to measure its apparent path along the ecliptic in Celestial sphere between the two equinoxes
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107.65 = Average distance of the Sun in terms of its own diameter
All living organisms on the earth share the same 64 codons and 20 amino acids.
The above equation correlates the molecular data with the astronomical data implying a common organizational plan of the DNA molecule and our Solar System probably due to the influence of a common governing force i.e. gravitational force and waves. In the frame of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the properties of space, time and gravitation are merged into one harmonious and elegant picture. Albert Einstein propounded the idea of gravitational curvature of the four-dimensional space-time continuum. This correlation also suggests that all natural self-assembly from microscopic to macroscopic world (microcosm to macrocosm) are probably influenced and controlled by gravitational curvature of space-time as for example self-assembly of Solar System and DNA double helical molecule. DNA and life originated and evolved in the gravitational curvature of the fabric of space-time caused by Sun’s large mass and Earth’s mass as proposed in Einstein’s general theory of relativity whose last prediction about gravitational waves was confirmed on February 11, 2016 after a century.
The world-line of orbital motion of the Earth is a helix and geodesic. The above equation implies that there could be a correlation between the helical world-line and the helical structure of the DNA molecule which is the first self-reproducing double helical molecule to have formed in the beginning of evolution of life. The large gravitational force, due to curvature of space-time, exerted by the Sun not only holds the members of the Solar System together but also causes them to take part in its true movement, i.e. a movement relative to the adjacent fixed stars and a revolution about the center of the Galactic System which itself is moving in the space.
The data of the investigation shows that the microscopic numbers - i.e. the number of codons in the genetic code of DNA, number of amino acids specified by these codons, which are common to all organisms - are functions of the astronomical numbers as shown in the above equation. It also implies a close relationship between the organizational plan of DNA molecule, cells, tissues, organs and whole body of the organisms during organic evolution and the organizational plan of different planets in the Solar System, galaxies, cluster of galaxies and the whole universe during inorganic evolution. It seems that influence of gravitational force on the development of genetic code was one of the significant steps in the beginning of biological evolution. The genetic code works as an intracellular computer that governs the organization of the cell and the nucleus and the phylogenetic evolution. If intelligent life exists elsewhere in the cosmos, it is likely that the basic structural organization of genetic code and cell, tissue and organ system would be the same as on the Earth because of the universal gravity acting in the cosmic fabric of space and time.
Several works on supermassive star has opened up a new field in astrophysics, called relativistic astrophysics where Newtonian gravity is replaced by Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Einstein has also suggested that gravitational fields play an essential role in the elementary formations which go to make up the atom. Different combinations of the same atoms, obeying the same laws, compose both the inanimate and the living worlds. The evidence has been presented that virtually all electrons and nuclei of the atoms that are or have been part of living matter on the Earth come from almost all stars in our and nearby galaxies and even from all other galaxies in the universe. Many scientists believing on underlying order in nature, search for an ultimate, unifying principle in the physical sciences as well as in the biological sciences. The present investigation points out gravitational force and waves due to warping of the cosmic fabric of space-time as a unifying force/entity between the biological science and the physical/ astrophysical/chemical science.
Thus, we see that the present investigation suggests a close correlation between the microscopic world (microcosm) and the astronomical world (macrocosm). Inorganic evolution of physical universe and organic evolution of biological universe may be seen to represent nothing but two different facets of the same cosmological phenomenon called gravitation due to curvature in the fabric of space-time continuum caused by the large mass of the Sun. The present findings may open a new vistas in our understanding of the origin, evolution and structural organization of the life and universe. The advent of new generation of astronomical instruments opens new windows for the astronomers and may call for major revisions in the standard view of cosmology. My proposition is that an extensive and well-coordinated work between different types of microscopes and telescopes could be able to reveal more mysteries enveloping the microcosm and macrocosm and thus bridging further the gaps between the disciplines like biology, physics, chemistry and astronomy/astrophysics. The organization of life is key to the organization of physical universe. I propose that knowing the biology better would solve the mysteries of the universe better.
Many phenomena – involving stars, nebulae, galaxies, cluster of galaxies and black holes – occurring in the universe seems to be analogous to the phenomena occurring in the living system. These analogies existing on the two different scales of space and time might appear unrelated initially. DNA, the blueprint of all living organisms on the earth, is involved in the structural organizations and all vital functions like protein synthesis and production of energy. These findings will have a direct bearing on human beings. It is tempting to propose that the universe may have a blueprint for structural organizations and functions of the universe. A new and exciting vista is open for the exploration of the biomedical science and the universe.
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