Diversified world: Drive to life's origin?!

被引：26

作者：

Kuhn, H ^{[1
]}

Kuhn, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Mol Biol & Biophys, Grp Biophys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION | 2003年 / 42卷 / 03期

关键词：

evolution; genetic apparatus; homochirality; information emergence; origin of life; self-organization;

D O I：

10.1002/anie.200390098

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

How does life originate? To uncover the fundamental mechanism of this process a series of tangible, detailed physical-chemical steps must be sought which lead to a genetic apparatus. The process in the thought experiment begins in a small singular region with a particularly special temporal-spatial structure. A continuous increase in complexity is coupled with the population of increasingly less favorable regions (see picture). A highly diversified structure is crucial to maintain this process.

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