“Review of Challenging Questions Raised by Peter Gariaev on Linguistic-Wave Genetics (2014) | Telegony | and Horizontal Gene Transfer | With Implications in 2024” by Jeffrey Thayer.
Relevant Questions NOT Reviewed, Reserved for Our Next Review in series: Did Gariaev Both Assume and Predict Our Current Understanding of The Simulation Hypothesis?
Does Gariaev’s Research on the DNA bio-computer, holographic imaging and projection, morphogenic transmission, material substance and energy informational substance (EI), morphic resonance within morphic fields and a supercode of true speech and true texts … all support the Simulation Hypothesis?
ADMISSION AND DISCLOSURE: When I first read Gariaev’s paper, I admit openly I had never heard the word “telegony” during any of my scientific education, nor with any of my subsequent research.
The following excerpt reviewed is from a ResearchGate republication of an article authored by Peter Petrovich Gariaev (Friedrich Schiller University Jena). It is entitled: “Principles of Linguistic-Wave Genetics” uploaded by Gariaev into the public domain 2014. Secondary SOURCE: DNA Decipher Journal | January 2011 | Vol. 1 | Issue 1 | pp. 011-024 Gariaev, P. P., Friedman, M. J., & Leonova-Gariaeva, E. A., Principles of Linguistic-Wave Genetics]
Additional Details:
[Correspondence Author: Peter Gariaev, Ph.D., Academician Russ.Acad. Natur.Sci and Russ. Acad. Med./Tech. Sci., Director of Quantum Genetics Inst. Address: Russia, Maliy Tishinskiy per. 11/12 - 25, Moscow 123056, Russia. Email: gariaev@mail.ru
Mark J. Friedman, Ph.D., Professor, Mathematical Sciences Department University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899.
http://www.math.uah.edu/friedman/ E-Mail: friedman@math.uah.edu
Ekaterina A. Leonova-Gariaeva, Ph.D]
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REVIEW INTRODUCTION. When fully understood, this 15 page white paper of Gariaev under review, raises some significant questions for both scientists trained in this field of biophysics, and perhaps more importantly, the general public. The subject matter of “telegony” is likely to be somewhat controversial; particularly when PubMed Central’s multiple publications (annotated below, are juxtaposed with Gariaev’s research); as well as numerous additional published white papers on horizontal gene transfer “HGT”, blood transfusions, organ transfers, sexual relations, food ingestion, and injections … are each also considered as relevant.
FOCUS. What I have focused on here in this post, is Gariaev’s heading number:
EXCERPT FROM GARIAEV ARTICLE. “4. Wave Genetics”; containing the subheadings:
- brief historical perspective,
- basic principles of wave genetics,
- DNA wave bio -computer,
- genome: a quasi-intelligent system,
- wave genetics explains some puzzling real life phenomena, and most importantly,
- Gariaev’s discussion on “telegony”.
That focus is not intended to minimize the importance of the article appearing before heading number four. The full article should be read in context in its entirety.
My personal comments, questions and annotations are clearly interlineated and marked by [COMMENTS …].
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EXCERPT. “… 4. Wave genetics.
Brief historical perspective.
The concept of biological field has been developed by a number of researchers. Due to very limited space, we only mention two names. A. Gurvitch in Russia around 1920 pointed to a necessity to introduce the concept of biological field of a chromosome, as complimentary to genes, to account for special organization of an organism. According to R. Sheldrake, UK, creation may be viewed as a living organism. This ancient concept challenges the notion of the universe as a mechanism with God as the great mechanic. His theory of "formative causation" implies a non-mechanistic Universe, governed by laws which themselves are subject to change.
The hypothesis of morphic resonance and morphic fields that he has developed is as an alternative to mechanistic thinking in biology. The concepts of Wave genetics of Gariaev and his
group have been nurtured by the existing tradition that has facilitated their breakthrough in both experimental and theoretical directions.
Basic principles of Wave genetics
1) 98% Garbage DNA is not actually “Garbage DNA”, but is a supercode, and this code (or codes) are of a higher level than those coding RNA and proteins. This “higher level” is the
“wave level”.
2) Genome is a quasi intelligent system.
3) The function of the wave level of genetic coding is to program the spatial-temporal organization of an organism.
Traditionally, genetics talks about DNA, RNA and proteins‟ speech and texts only. The standard linguistic structures of genome are realized at the material level in the form of sequences of “chemical letters” in a DNA chain consisting of the 2% coding DNA.
In Wave genetics the texts are realized at the material level in the form of sophisticated dynamic holograms (gene-holograms) in liquid crystals of the chromosome continuum.
DNA wave bio-computer.
Short term information on gene-holograms is the result of interference recording on the intercellular water structures of spatial light and sound images of the current condition of cells. And these images are read by the light and sound radiations of the chromosomes, transmitted to the neighboring cells informing them about the condition of the cell sending the information.
Such an operation is performed by each cell in the organism, and there a billions of those. Thus all the cells in the organism form a combined unified informational space, which functions like a DNA wave bio-computer.
This bio-computer processes, in real time, information about
metabolic processes in cells.
Another type of bio-holographic information is of morphogenetic nature, and therefore it is fixed for a particular organism. It changes in time very slowly in the process evolution of bio systems and is inherited. The DNA wave bio-computer a quasi intelligent system, which operates with its
own languages, similar to human ones, which we are only beginning to understand.
The linguistic structures of genome at this level are true speech and true texts. By this we mean that quasi intelligent decisions are made regarding regulation of the structure and functions of an organism and its parts.
Genome: a quasi intelligent system.
Classical genetics has discovered experimentally that genetic RNA texts contain ambiguous words (homonyms) which may have more than one meaning, and the choice of the meaning is determined by the context.
The significance of this discovery which was missed by genetics, is as follows. These words (homonyms) code critically significant molecules: proteins. If such a
word-code has two meanings, and one of them is wrong for creation of a particular required protein, this will result in a biochemical accident and death of the organism. So, for example, the word 'ring' can code two different meanings: a “circle”and “a place of competition” of boxers. In
order to give the precise and unique meaning to a homonym, the genetic apparatus must first “comprehend” the meaning of the RNA text and only then make a decision, what precise meaning to give to a word-homonym.
This example clearly illustrates that the genetic apparatus has quazi-intelligence and is capable to quazi-thinking at the molecular level and at the level the genome-biocomputer.
Wave genetics explains some puzzling real life phenomena.
Telegony. This is a phenomenon known to occur among both animals and humans which cannot be explained from the perspectives of classical genetics. It consists in that when a female has her first sexual intercourse and then years later gives birth to a child from another male, her child may have genetic characteristics of her first sexual partner. For example, a white woman who had originally sexual intercourse with a black man, may later in her life give birth to a mixed race baby from a white man.
The Wave genetics considers this as a real life example of DNA phantom effect, and views it as a striking confirmation of Wave genetics principles. In this case the first male leaves his wave signature i.e. he “imprints” his DNA phantom in the genetic apparatus of the female. It appears that this phantom is more powerful than DNA phantoms of other males.
Abortion. A similar explanation is apparently valid in the case when a woman after an abortion experiences something like birth contractions at the ninth month of pregnancy. Such sufferings, as well as some other negative health phenomena, may follow the woman for years. A possible explanation would be that that killed embryo leaves its phantom in the mother‟s womb. …”
[COMMENT: The author of this Review does not take any position on the mixed race examples nor on the subject of abortion. Both subjects have their adherents, but those topics are examples chosen by Gariaev and considered tangental to the far wider ramifications of telegony and hirizontal gene transfer discussed in greater detail below.]
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[COMMENT: Confirmation of some of the foregoing can be found at PubMed Central SOURCE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282758/ . It should be noted the presentation of PubMed Central varies significanty with what is summarized at the Wikipedia entry for “telegony”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegony_(inheritance) .
“… Before the advent of modern genetics, many biologists believed that a male can leave a mark on his mate's body, causing the female's subsequent offspring to resemble their mother's first mate, despite being sired by another male (Rabaud 1914; Ewart 1920). This hypothesised phenomenon, dubbed ‘telegony’ by August Weismann, was rejected in the early 20th century because it lacked unequivocal empirical support and was deemed incompatible with Mendelian genetics (Burkhardt 1979). However, recent discoveries have revealed the existence of molecular and physiological mechanisms that have the potential to mediate telegony (Liu 2011, 2013).
Although classic discussions of telegony focused on effects carried over from one gestation to the next, similar mechanisms could enable males who do not sire any offspring to influence the development of future offspring sired by other males. …”. Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282758/
ADDITIONAL SOURCES ON TELEGONY:
Science Daily: “Semen secrets: How a previous sexual partner can influence another male's offspring” Date: October 1, 2014. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141001090238.htm ,
PubMed Central: “Uterosomes: The lost ring of telegony?”. Hamid Reza Nejabati et al. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2022 Oct. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35843387/ ,
PubMed Central: “Fetal genes in mother's blood: a novel mechanism for telegony?”. Yongsheng Liu. Gene. 2013. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23618818/ ,
Nature: Immler, S. The sperm factor: paternal impact beyond genes. Heredity 121, 239–247 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0111-0
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GARIAEV EXCERPT CONTINUED. “… Perspectives
We now have a paradoxical situation in genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, in general, that is both grave and promising at the same time. Long ago, science decided to investigate the genetic codes of human beings. Science has recently completed the 10 years long effort, called
the Genome, of mapping the DNA sequences of humans. All the letters and sequences of the DNA codes of humans are known by now.
Thanks to these results, the forces of trans-genetic engineering have been gathering momentum.
Already, scientists have introduced artificial gene sequences into sets of plants, animals, and bacteria, which are being used as carriers of these artificially introduced genes. Such experiments have been thought to hold great potential in human health applications, promising possible cures for many diseases and disabilities, and in the creation of disease resistant food stuffs, promising a greater abundance of food.
Paradoxically, the more success we have in such genetics and molecular biology technologies, the farther we seem to be from understanding the actual foundational principles, the inner workings, of the genetic codes. So far, successes in this direction have mainly been concerned with functions of particular gene sequences that act to fabricate various
proteins, which are building materials for cells. These particular gene sequences comprise only
2% of the genetic memory found in the chromosomes. The other 98%, the major part of the chromosomes, is not understood by genetics, and has for some odd reason been labeled as "junk" DNA. Many hypothesis have been brought forward to attempt to account for the reasons for the existence of this "junk" DNA; ranging from considering that this 98% majority of the DNA might be acting as "assistants" for the primary DNA sequences; to explaining that this 98% majority of DNA arises as a "cemetery of viruses", a rather difficult notion.
To ignore, or to, so critically, underestimate the role of 98% of the human genome, is an appreciable error.
Moreover, whether we correctly see the true role of the genetic information represented by the known 2% of the DNA, is still an open question, especially in the situation where the remaining 98% of the DNA is presently "terra incognita", an unknown terrain.
Presently, our understanding of DNA is very limited. With our present understanding, we cannot cure cancer, we cannot resist AIDS, we have not defeated tuberculosis, nor can we at present prolong significantly the lives of people. Initial promises of bright future, based on creations of trans-genetic research, have actually turned out to be only dangerous trans-genetic foodstuffs, hazardous to the biosphere on which our very lives depend. The cloning of animals has produced only ugly and useless creatures, or animals that grow old and die abnormally rapidly, as in the well-known case of the cloned sheep, Dolly. And it is quite natural that these results cause alarm within the scientific community.
A large group of Swedish scientists has recently produced the following example:
http://www.psrast.org/defknthe.htm . How are we to escape from this condition of an abundance of flawed and dangerous experiments, where many inconsistent and hazardous results are caused by lack of proper understanding of 98% of the DNA sequences, and a dramatic deficiency in understanding the true foundational principles of the operations of DNA, the chromosomes, and the human genome? This same group of Swedish scientists has pointed that one of the principle directions for improving our understandings of DNA is represented by developments such as
http://www.scribd.com/doc/37302424/The-DNA-wave-Biocomputer
The essence of our ideas, which have already found some practical applications, is the following.
We proceed from very simple strategic reasoning. For success in our attempts to treat various medical problems and to sharply slow down the processes of human aging, it is clearly necessary to understand the languages by which cells communicate with each other. We have managed to accomplish this, to some extent. It appears that the languages we were looking for, are, in fact, hidden in the 98%, "junk" DNA, contained in our own geneticapparatus:
http:/www.wavegenetic.ru/Petr_Gariaev.pdf
The basic principle of these languages is similar to the language of holographic images
http://www.wavegenetics.jino-net.ru/zip/New_tec-7-2007.zip based on principles of laser radiations of the genetic structures, http://www.wavegenetics.jino-net.ru/zip/Teleport.zip
which operate together as a quasi-intelligent system.
It is particularly important to realize that our genetic devices actually perform real processes which supplement the triplet model of the genetic code. At what stage of development is this new knowledge and what can it bring us? We are making the first steps in investigating the mechanisms of the relevant physical processes and developing mathematical descriptions of the informational processes, which occur in genetic structures. We have produced some laboratory equipment that allows us to accurately model the informational functions of the living cell and its DNA. Such devices represent the first quantum bio-computers.
These devices have allowed us to carry out distant multi-kilometer transfers of some genetic/metabolic information; the introduction of this information into a bio-system-acceptor; and has allowed us to perform strategic management functions of bio-systems, biochemical
systems, and actual physiological conditions: http://www.wavegenetics.jino-net.ru/zip/New_tec-7-2007.zip
In particular, we have found that it is possible to restore endocrine glands in animals, and the same approach seems to be promising to considerably slow down the aging process in humans. [END OF GARIAEV EXCERPT]
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NATURE AND EXAMPLES OF THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY. The following is most likely one of the most controversial topics, serving as a foundation for much of what is being discussed on a variety of social media platforms throughout the world today. Although it is not discussed in these “exact” terms, the underlying substance of the controversy is related to in some part: the words “telegony” and “horizontal gene transfer”. The following 2011 article does not simply discuss telegony in terms of sexual relations, but raises a related of horizontal gene transfer in the context of dietary changes, blood transfusions and opens the door for discussion of organ transfers/rejections and injections of a variety of types.
The following videos illustrate this current and significant controversy currently surrounding the topic of “Telegony”; that is, since it reappeared in 2011 after Darwin writing about it in the 1860’s in “The Variation” (1868). Telegony didn’t just reappear however in 2011; but earned a brand new name: “Microchimerism”.
Subsequently pundits emerged to support or deny telegony for a variety of reasons; few of which cited the published scientific literature from PubMed, Nature or from scientists with the expertise necessary to speak on the subject. Many other peer reviewed papers could be cited; a number of which are in the Liu article (EXCERPT below) which follows the next two videos; which present proponents and deterrents of “Telegony”. It is not the purpose of this post to advocate for one side of the controversy or the other, but to present the controversy for readers to make up their own mind. Because of the spiritual and medical ramifications, among others, the current controversy is certainly understandable. It is suggested readers conduct their own independent research for both white papers and videos which address telegony, microchimerism, and horizontal gene transfer.
VIDEOS
Telegony and Microchimerism
https://youtu.be/i2T5B8lxSc4?si=9GQkcTRcGCOQ02dJ
“Where Does All the Male Foreign DNA in Women’s Bodies Actually Come From?”
https://youtu.be/o4oLAk45tGU?si=ikC777_5XAPzES8w
Now, let’s consider EXCERPTS from the following paper. Reading the entire article is recommended to readers. Doing so will reveal the depth of the science on telegony and horizontal gene transfer, and its history back to Darwin; none of which is mentioned in the videos above … nor others presented on YouTube.
So, now let’s begin with: “Inheritance of acquired characters in animals: A historical overview, further evidence and mechanistic explanations”
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To cite this article: Y.-S. Liu (2011) Inheritance of acquired characters in animals: A historical overview, further evidence and mechanistic explanations, Italian Journal of Zoology, 78:4, 410-417, DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2011.562554
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.562554
SOURCE: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/11250003.2011.562554?needAccess=true
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“ … Inheritance of characters acquired by blood transfusion.
As early as 1871, Galton carried out intervarietal blood transfusions experiments among rabbits, but failed to induce heritable changes. Later, Sopikov (Citation1954) reestablished the use of this method for acquired inheritance, and showed that repeated transfusion of blood of Australorp roosters (black feathers) to White Leghorn hens, and subsequent mating of these hens with roosters of the same breed (White Leghorn) had yielded progeny of a modified inheritance. During the 1950s and 1970s, Sopikov's observations were confirmed not only by many Soviet researchers (Golubev Citation1966; Gromov Citation 1970), but also by investigators in France, Switzerland and other countries. For example, Stroun et al. (Citation1963) reported that birds of a White Leghorn strain repeatedly injected with blood from the grey guinea fowl produced progeny with some grey or black-flecked feathers in the second and later generations. Leroy et al. (Citation1966) injected whole or fractionated blood of the guinea fowl into a strain of Rhode Island Red chickens and obtained progeny in the first and second generation with extensive changes in the quantity and distribution of melanin pigment visible in the plumage. The transmissibility of modifications was continued to the seventh generation after a single series of injections of guinea fowl blood. …
Inheritance of characters acquired by a dam from her former mates (telegony).
Telegony is the effect of a previous mating on subsequent progeny. Its principle is that females are impregnated by the first males to which they are mated, so that some of their subsequent offspring, regardless of their actual father, will show influence of the first male (Rabaud Citation1914). In chapter 11 of his book The Variation, Darwin (Citation1868) collected many alleged examples of ‘the direct action of the male element on the female form’. He considered it to be of special importance for understanding the mechanisms of heredity and development. Spencer (Citation1893) regarded it as a major weapon in his debate with Weismann over the reality of the inheritance of acquired characters. However, in Morgan's (Citation 1926) ‘Experimental Zoology’, telegony was dismissed as ‘another breeder's myth’, and was used as an illustration of the ‘credulity of men who have not been trained as to the value of evidence’.
There were many alleged cases of telegony in animals (Lowe, Citation 1896; Rabaud Citation1914; Zhelnin Citation1964). For example, when normal females that had borne at least three litters to males made tolerant neonatally were subsequently mated to normal, nonimmune males, the offspring showed a hyporesponsive phenotype that did not differ from that of the progeny of fathers made tolerant neonatally. The response of this offspring was significantly lower than the response of mice born to normal females mated only to normal mates (Gorczynski et al. Citation1983). This type of observation has also been reported by Sobey and Conolly (Citation 1986), who demonstrated that male domestic rabbits, mating after recovering from myxomatosis, may transmit immunity to progeny born to the female in the next seven months, including progeny sired by other males lacking immunity.
Mechanism based on horizontal gene transfer
Landman (Citation 1991) suggested that genes of organisms could be divided into two groups. Most are inherited ‘vertically’ from ancestors, but some were acquired ‘horizontally’ at different times from viruses, plasmids, bacteria or other agents. He argued that the acquisition of foreign nucleic acid is not only a major mechanism for acquisition of new traits, but also an important source of organised, integrated genetic information for organisms ranging from bacteria to mammals.
In recent years, horizontal gene transfer has been recognised as an important mechanism of inheritance of acquired characters and a major force in evolution (Goldenfeld & Woese Citation2007). Prokaryotes readily obtain DNA from the environment, with phages and plasmids serving as vehicles, and in many cases directly through the transformation pathway. The absorbed DNA often integrates into prokaryotic chromosomes and can be fixed in a population if the transferred genetic material confers even a slight selective advantage onto the recipient (Koonin & Wolf Citation2009).
Horizontal gene transfer may well explain the inheritance of characters acquired by blood transfusion and by a dam from her former mates. The facts of heritable changes induced by blood transfusion led Stroun and Anker (Citation 2005) to suggest the hypothesis that nucleic acids are released by living cells and circulate throughout the whole organism. Circulating nucleic acids occur ubiquitously and are bioactive in living organisms. With the discovery of circulating DNA in blood and the ability of foreign DNA being integrated into the host genome and expressed in the progeny, mechanism exists for horizontal gene transfer from one animal to another by blood transfusion. In addition, there is also increasing evidence that free foetal DNA persists in the maternal circulation after delivery of the foetus. By using quantitative real-time PCR, Lo et al. (Citation1997) found a surprisingly high mean concentration (6.2% of total plasma DNA) of foetal DNA in maternal plasma. The discovery of circulating foetal DNA in maternal blood sheds a new light on the influence of the hybrid embryo on its mother. It has been supposed that the circulating DNA released by the hybrid embryo is transferred into the mother's body by circulation, and later is incorporated into the mother's subsequent hybrid embryo by another male, thus being able to influence the characteristics of the subsequent offspring (Liu Citation 2011). …”
A BRIEF CONCLUSION TO THIS POST. I have been following closely the work of Peter Gariaev since the 1990s, and even after his short move of the Gariaev from Russia to Toronto. Initially, his work was considered science fiction by some, and by others like myself, we considered him just to be a scientist ahead of his time researching biophysics, biogenetics, synbio and holography. My personal interest has been in, remains the super codes, the digital nature of reality, and the simulation hypothesis, recently coined by author Rizwan Virk. That topic will be the subject of a subsequent post in this series. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Your comments are welcome.
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