See: Light-activated polycombic ecological adaptations vs hecatombic pathology (5)
…plants alter microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis in response to light transition.
See also: Roles of microRNAs in mammalian reproduction: from the commitment of germ cells to peri-implantation embryos (2018)
…we focus on the gene expression regulatory feedback loops involving hormones and miRNA expression to increase our understanding of germ cell commitment and the functioning of reproductive organs.
We did that in our 1996 Hormones and Behavior review of RNA-mediated cell type differentiation when pre-mRNA was the term for miRNA. See: From Fertilization to Adult Sexual Behavior
On August 29, 2018, Philip C. Ball launched a sneak attack against everything known to serious scientists about microRNA-mediated cell type differentiation and viral latency.
See: Schrödinger’s cat among biology’s pigeons: 75 years of What Is Life?
Schrödinger’s thoughts on the entropic balance of life can be regarded as precursors to studies of how biological prerogatives such as replication, memory, ageing, epigenetic modification and self-regulation must be understood as processes of non-equilibrium complexity that cannot ignore the environment. It is intriguing that similar considerations of environment and contingency are now seen to be central in quantum mechanics, with its ideas of entanglement, decoherence and contextuality. Whether this is more than coincidence, we can’t yet say.
His claim that “we cannot yet say” can be compared to what he said in Quantum common sense
To turn quantum to classical, we don’t need a conscious mind to measure or look; we just need an environment full of stuff. With or without us, the Universe is always looking.
Rephrased as: We don’t need a conscious mind to measure or look. With or without us, the Universe is always looking
Placed into context in:
James V. Kohl detailedl how quantized energy-dependent microRNA biogenesis links the pheromone-controlled physiology of reproduction to biophysically constrained viral latency and healthy longevity. Links from what organisms eat to the enzyme-dependent metabolism of food also link metabolic networks to microRNA-mediated genetic networks in the context of RNA interference. Drug therapies alter RNA interference by altering cell type differentiation in all cells of all individuals of all species. For comparison, during the past 26 years, Kohl has detailed how the chemistry of protein folding is biophysically constrained at every level of biological organization by conserved molecular mechanisms.