Cornélissen G, Engebretson M, Johnson D, Otsuka K, Burioka N, Posch J, Halberg F. The week, inherited in neonatal human twins, found also in geomagnetic pulsations in isolated Antarctica.
Biomed Pharmacother 2002;
55 Suppl 1:32s-50s. [PMID:
11774867 DOI:
10.1016/s0753-3322(01)90004-6]
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Abstract
About 7-day (circaseptan) components, found at different levels of organization, notably in relation to growth, regeneration, repair and development, are often viewed as reflecting no more than the 7-day societal schedule, ample evidence for a built-in feature notwithstanding. Herein, we resolve circaseptans in geomagnetic pulsations recorded by a stand-alone magnetometer residing in Antarctica, far away from societal influences. Human physiological data, collected in the neonatal intensive care unit, show by intra-class correlation analysis that the nonlinearly assessed circaseptan period of heart rate, diastolic blood pressure and body weight is more similar between same-gender twins than among twin pairs, lending additional support for the endogenicity of circaseptans. Like circadians, about-weekly features in environmental variables such as geomagnetic pulsations were genetically acquired in the course of evolution.
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