The author (Reginald B. Little, RBL) has discovered novel ferrochemistry of stable isotopes of elements of life (2D, 13C, 15N, 17O, 18O, 25Mg and 33S and Ca, Cu and Zn isotopes) whereby the biochemical reactions and in particular the multi center biochemistry and enzymatics involving many nuclei are altered due to orbital nucleon and nuclear angular momenta in addition to spin angular momenta. On such basis, the author reasons such phenomena can account for transposable elements (transposons) or what are called jumping genes. By the author (RBL) theory the altered nucleon orbital and spin momenta of nuclei in the gene and surrounding enzymes can alter bond stability of DNA and RNA for cutting the nucleic acids for jumping gene and reattaching the cut gene into different sites along the nucleic acids. Here the author (RBL) introduces his new concept and poses a discussion. To get the discussion started, the author (RBL) notes that jumping genes were discovered by Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintosk and she discovered such in the organism corn. The author (RBL) notes that corn is a C4 plant and like all C4 plants it is enriched in 13C. The RBL notes that other C4 plants also have high levels of transposible elements like corn. Maize (corn) has one of the highest levels of transposable elements among plants. Corn has as much as 80% transposable elements in its genome. Humans have less transposable elements at 45%. Other C4 plants like sugarcane have high levels of 13C as corn and corresponding high levels of transpoable elements. Sorghum is a C4 plant and has high levels of 13C and also transposable elements. Millet is a C4 plant with high levels of 13C and also high levels of transposable elements. These different C4 plants all have in common high levels of 13C and corresponding high levels of transposable elements which fits prefectly RBL's theory here of the uncommon nonprimordial isotope 13C causing the transposable element (jumping gene) in these plant organisms. For comparison, I analyze here a species having both C3 and C4 as in the monocots and dicots. The monocots have more C4 than the dicots and the monocots are none to have more transposable elements than the dicots. Here again this is proof of RBL's theory of the 13C causing the jumping genes (transposable elements).

So what about animals? Here RBL compares animals with different levels of 13C and finds strong correlation of relative amount of 13C in the tissue with jumping genes (transposable elements). RBL provides such analysis by considering animals eating more C4 plants which tend to intrinsically enrich the flesh with 13C. RBL also continues the analysis by considering different animals that consume feces which also tend to enrich 13C in the tissues of the animals. In addition to feces consumption , the author (RBL) further notes tendency to drink urine as urine is enriched with 15N and RBL proposed that 15N isotope tends to counter 13C isotope in stabilizing nucleic acids due to the negative nuclear magnetic moment (NMM) of 15N relative to the positive NMM of 13C isotope.

Animals that higher levels of jumping genes include salamanders and lungfish. The salamander is known to consume feces. Such feces consumption can explain the higher levels of transposable elements in the salamander. Lung fish also tend to ingest feces as they use their strong jaws to sift thru mud and ingest copious amounts of feces. Rabbits have higher levels of transposable elements and it is known that rabbits eat feces. Dogs also eat feces and they too have higher levels of transposable elements as the feces has a lot of 13C for enriching their DNA and RNA with 13C for the transposable elements.

Gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutangs have been seen eating feces. But Gorillas have higher levels of transposable elements than Chimpanzees and ironically chimpanzees are more prone to eat feces than gorillas. The difference is reasoned here by the Gorillas eating more C4 plants, whereas chimpanzees do not eat as much C4 plants. Chimpanzees also drink urine which is rich in 15N that counter the 13C causing the transposable elements by the theory of RBL. Although orangutangs occassionally eat feces, they have significant transposable elements that have termination of their jumping genes for retrotransposable elements. The different diet of the chimpanzee can explain the termination of the jumping genes in chimps as they do not eat C4 plants and eat mostly fruits.