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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2013
Publication Title
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Volume
6
Issue
7
Abstract
Our studies reveal previously unidentified electrical properties of chromosomes: (1) chromosomes are amazingly similar in construction and function to electrical transformers; (2) chromosomes possess in their construction and function, components similar to those of electric generators, conductors, condensers, switches, and other components of electrical circuits; (3) chromosomes demonstrate in nano-scale level electromagnetic interactions, resonance, fusion and other phenomena similar to those described by equations in classical physics. These electrical properties and phenomena provide a possible explanation for unclear and poorly understood mechanisms in clinical genetics including: (a) electrically based mechanisms responsible for breaks, translocations, fusions, and other chromosomal abnormalities associated with cancer, intellectual disability, infertility, pregnancy loss, Down syndrome, and other genetic disorders; (b) electrically based mechanisms involved in crossing over, non-disjunction and other events during meiosis and mitosis; (c) mechanisms demonstrating heterochromatin to be electrically active and genetically important.
Recommended Citation
Kanev, Ivan; Mei, Wai-Ning; Mizuno, Akira; DeHaai, Kristi; Sanmann, Jennifer; Hess, Michelle; Starr, Lois; Grove, Jennifer; Dave, Bhavana; and Sanger, Warren, "Searching for Electrical Properties, Phenomena and Mechanisms in the Construction and Function of Chromosomes" (2013). Physics Faculty Publications. 60.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/physicsfacpub/60
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© 2013 Kanev et al.
https://doi.org/10.5936/csbj.201303007