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Genetics is the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in living organisms. This branch of science began in the mid 19th century with the work of Gregor Mendel who observed that organisms inherited traits based upon the existence of specific units now called genes. Genes play a large role in determining both the appearance and behavior of organisms.
Genes are composed of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). This is a molecule which is made up of a chain of four different types of structural units called nucleotides. Nucleotides are composed of a nitrogenous bas, a five-carbon sugar and phosphate groups. The sequence of these four nucleotides determines the genetic information that organisms inherit.
Changes within the genes are usually a very slow process. Evolution normally occurs over generations as an evolutionary response to changes in the environment. Changes in gene expression, however, can occur during the lifetime of an organism. More permanent and substantive change which occurs within the genetic material is called DNA polymorphism. Once this occurs, these new changes will then be transmitted from generation to generation.
Mr. Trivedi has successfully introduced his unique capability of thought transmission into the science of Genetics through a series of experiments done on plants including seeds, crops and trees. In these experiments it was concluded that his thought transmission had altered the genetics of 40 crops. DNA polymorphism was found in each of the 40 crops, varying from a low of 7.8% in sponge gourd to a high of 69% in yellow pigeon peas without changing the species of the plant. Under normal scientific conditions, this would be considered to be an impossible feat.
The impact of Mr. Trivedi’s thought transmission in agriculture has had significant improvement on the immunity, growth and yield of many plants. The findings determined that the positive effect was found not only in the first generation but continued in the second-generation seedlings. These findings indicated a genetic basis to the changes. DNA fingerprinting tests were performed to further investigate the nature of the impact. These tests were carried out at Bangalore Genei in INDIA through DNA fingerprinting by RAPD analysis and DNA landmark, Montreal ( CANADA) by 100 SSR markers.
An additional experimental study was conducted at an R&D facility at Bangalore Genei to see the impact of Mr. Trivedi’s thought projection on ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) bacterial strains. The changes that he created in the information field of these organisms caused DNA polymorphism was found to be up to 79% when analyzed through DNA fingerprinting by RAPD analysis.
In addition, 7 of the 16 treated samples from this project showed alteration in either genus or species as analyzed by 16 S rDNA test.
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