Morphogenesis consists of the process of increasing the
number of cells and the process of activation of protein synthesis in cells.
Mendelian protein-coding genes are responsible for protein synthesis. As for
the genes responsible for the construction of ensembles consisting of cells,
they are not known. In 2000, a new class of mutations was discovered in D.
melanogaster, which were called conditional. The genes responsible for
the formation of these mutations were called ontogenes. Based on the results of
the research on conditional mutations in D. melanogaster,
we attempt to figure out the biological role of ontogenes. We conclude that
ontogenes in the process of individual development control the construction of
the living organisms of cells (cellular construction), which comprises the
induction of cell division, determination of division plane, and the location
of daughter cells after the division is completed. According to the data
obtained, the morphogenesis process is controlled by ontogenes and Mendelian
genes. Protein synthesis is controlled by protein-coding (Mendelian) genes.
Mendelian genes are switched on by ontogenes. In terms of the two-component
genome composed of Mendelian genes and ontogenes, we consider 1) the concept of
biological character; 2) interspecific incompatibility; 3) ontogenesis; 4)
phylogenesis; and 5) mutagenesis. Ontogenes, which control cellular
construction, possess the specific features unusual for Mendelian genes,
namely, 1) the activity in germ line tissue; 2) remote interaction; and 3)
activity in a compacted state (heterochromatization). These specific features
of ontogenes suggest that, unlike the Mendelian genes with their chemical
activity, ontogenes possess another type of activity (biophysical) involving
the induction of an electromagnetic field.
Author(s) Details
Boris F. Chadov
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
Nina B. Fedorova
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
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