机构:Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 94305, CA
BONNER, WA
机构:
[1] Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 94305, CA
来源:
ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE
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1990年
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20卷
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05期
关键词:
D O I:
10.1007/BF01808135
中图分类号:
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
The recent suggestion (Root-Bernstein, 1982) that the homochirality of amino acids and sugars in the current biosphere may have originated as a result of novel organic 'selector molecules' is examined critically. It is concluded that such selector molecules are non-existent as described, and that their postulation is based on chemical and stereochemical misconceptions.