Does Collective Genetic Regulation exist?

TL;DR

This paper explores the possibility that genomic regulation functions through collective behavior akin to neural networks, proposing a biochemical basis for such collective regulation and its evolutionary advantages.

Contribution

It introduces the idea that genetic regulation may operate via collective, network-like mechanisms, contrasting with traditional gene regulation models.

Findings

Proposes a biochemical model for collective genetic regulation.

Suggests collective regulation could be highly advantageous evolutionarily.

Highlights the need for further research into network-like genomic regulation.

Abstract

Does regulation in the genome use collective behavior, similar to the way the brain or deep neural networks operate? Here I make the case for why having a genomic network capable of a high level of computation would be strongly selected for, and suggest how it might arise from biochemical processes that succeed in regulating in a collective manner, very different than the usual way we think about genetic regulation.