by TheDude » Wed 19 Sep 2007, 23:04:14
Wow, weirdass answer there fg. This an argument for intelligent design, or a rant against GMOs?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'n')o, life cannot come out of a racemic mix (cant even make a protein in an oxidizing atmosphere in any kind of solution it would oxidize/.
You cannot delop a total L- isome organism from a racemic soup.
Primeval soup.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')roblems with the theory
A central problem is the expected lifetime of polymers because hydrolysis in the ocean would break them up. Also abiotic synthesis produces a racemic mixture of L and D enantiomers. It was then theorised that early polymers assembled on solid minerals such as clay. Polynucleotides and polypeptides of about 50 units have been made in the laboratory in this way.
Or is life abiotic (sic)? (uh...) I see our resident champion of abiotic oil is back.