Biocommunication (science)
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In the study of the biological sciences the general term biocommunication is used to describe more specific types of communication within (intraspecific) or between (interspecific) species of plants,[1] animals, fungi and microorganisms.[2] Communication means sign-mediated interactions following three levels of (syntactic, pragmatic and semantic) rules. Signs in most cases are chemical molecules (semiochemicals). Biocommunication of animals[3] may include mechanisms as vocalizations (as between competing bird species), pheromone production (as between various species of insects),[4] chemical signals between plants and animals (as in tannin production used by vascular plants to warn away insects), and chemically mediated communication between plants[5][6] and within plants. Biocommunication of fungi demonstrates that mycelia communication integrates crossspecific sign-mediated interactions between fungal organisms soil bacteria and plant root cells without which plant nutrition could not be organized.[7]
Biocommunication, Biosemiotics and Linguistics
In the study of linguistics, biocommunication theory may be considered to be a branch of biosemiotics. Accordingly, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of biocommunication processes are distinguished.[8] Biocommunication specific to animals (animal communication) is considered a branch of zoosemiotics.[9] The semiotic study of molecular genetics, can be considered a study of biocommunication at its most basic level.[10] Current research demonstrated that genetic content arrangements in most cases are the result of competent natural genetic engineering and natural genome editing.[11] According biocommunication theory this requires consortia of agents that edit genomes coherently with insertion/deletion capabilities. Additionally such agents must be capable of de novo generation of new nucleotide sequences and insertion in pre-existing (host)sequences without disturbing/destroyed previous genetic content arrangements. This fundamentally contradicts former narratives in which genetic content arrangements result out of error replication events by chance and their selection.[12]
See also
- Animal communication
- Biosemiotics
- Chemotropism
- Cognition
- Human–animal communication
- Molecular genetics
- Plant perception (physiology)
- Plant physiology
- Slime mould
Notes
- ↑ Witzany G, Baluska F (2012). (eds). Biocommunication of Plants. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-23523-8.
- ↑ Witzany, G (2011). (ed). Biocommunication in Soil Microorganisms. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-14511-7.
- ↑ Witzany, Guenther (2014). Biocommunication of Animals. Dortrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-94-007-7413-1.
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- ↑ Witzany, G (2012) (ed). Biocommunication of Fungi. Springer, Dortrecht. ISBN 978-94-007-4263-5.
- ↑ Tembrock, Günter 1971. Biokommunikation: Informationsübertragung im biologischen Bereich. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
- ↑ Sebeok, Thomas (ed.) 1977. How Animals Communicate. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
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- ↑ Witzany G. (ed) (2009) Natural Genetic Engineering and Natural Genome Editing. Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1178.
- ↑ Witzany G. (ed) (2015) DNA Habitats and Their RNA Inhabitants. Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1341.