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Molecular selection in the roots of evolved life and mind
Author(s) -
Fox Sidney W.
Publication year - 1984
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.560260704
Subject(s) - protocell , abiogenesis , selection (genetic algorithm) , mechanism (biology) , amino acid , computational biology , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , genetics , computer science , physics , machine learning , quantum mechanics , membrane
The proteinoid model for the emergence of cellular life in a stepwise evolution has been extended. The properties of the resultant laboratory protocell have been further catalogued. These include syntheses of peptide and internucleotide bonds, which thus provide an explanation of locale for the emergence of the coded genetic mechanism. Other properties found include arrays of activities of the bioelectrical type, which suggest an investigatable component of consciousness. Throughout the sequence from amino acids to electrically active protocell, molecular selection is manifest an nonrandom reactions and interactions.