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The matrix for the protobiological quantum: Cosmic casino or shapes of molecules?
Author(s) -
Fox Sidney W.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560090730
Subject(s) - protocell , conceptualization , ab initio , matrix (chemical analysis) , cosmic cancer database , quantum , basis (linear algebra) , physics , theoretical physics , statistical physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , computer science , mathematics , astrophysics , geometry , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , chromatography , membrane
The origin of a reproducing protocell is interpreted, on the basis of experiments performed under geophysically relevant conditions, as a sequentially consistent ab initio development of appropriate matter. Progress in conceptualization of the development of a contemporary cell from a protocell is reviewed. The central forces in this evolution appear to be stereochemical rather than statistical. The value of recognizing the cell and protocell as quanta, in such studies, is explained.