Metabolic Potential Versus Genome Size

Atanas Todorov Atanasov; Dimitar Todorov Valev

doi:10.3844/pisp.2022.7.16

Research Article · Open access · Published 15 June 2022

Metabolic Potential Versus Genome Size

Atanas Todorov Atanasov¹ & Dimitar Todorov Valev² Show affiliations

Physics International, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 7–16 · doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2022.7.16

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Abstract

In this study, we have shown that there is a connection between the metabolic potential (the coefficient 'a' in metabolic-mass relationship P = aMk, where P- basal metabolic rate, M-body mass, k-power coefficient) and the corresponding genome size (C-value diapason) of the given organismal taxon. With the increase of the metabolic potential of living organisms in evolution, the C-value diapason of a given taxon decreases. The study shows the metabolic and genomic characteristics of the simplest bacterial cells that represent the natural scale. The metabolic and genomic characteristics of all more complex organisms that emerge after them are adjusted with this natural scale. This finding may provide an answer to the genome-size enigma.

KeywordsMetabolic Potential Genome Size Taxon Enigma Epigenetics

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Atanasov, A. T. & Valev, D. T. (2022). Metabolic Potential Versus Genome Size. Physics International, 13(1), 7–16. https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2022.7.16

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