Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Feb 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011oleb...41...23b&link_type=abstract
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, Volume 41, Issue 1, pp.23-33
Mathematics
Logic
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Biological Minimum Energy Quantum, Coupled Reactions, Energy Barriers, Free Energy, Photolysis, Self-Organization, Thermolysis
Scientific paper
The emergence and early developments of life are considered from the point of view that contingent events that inevitably marked evolution were accompanied by deterministic driving forces governing the selection between different alternatives. Accordingly, potential energy sources are considered for their propensity to induce self-organization within the scope of the chemical approach to the origin of life. Requirements in terms of quality of energy locate thermal or photochemical activation in the atmosphere as highly likely processes for the formation of activated low-molecular weight organic compounds prone to induce biomolecular self-organization through their ability to deliver quanta of energy matching the needs of early biochemical pathways or the reproduction of self-replicating entities. These lines of reasoning suggest the existence of a direct connection between the free energy content of intermediates of early pathways and the quanta of energy delivered by available sources of energy.
Boiteau Laurent
Pascal Robert
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