Towards an evolutionary theory of the origin of life based on kinetics and thermodynamics

A sudden transition in a system from an inanimate state to the living state—defined on the basis of present day living organisms—would constitute a highly unlikely event hardly predictable from physical laws. From this uncontroversial idea, a self-consistent representation of the origin of life proc...

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Main Authors: Robert Pascal, Addy Pross, John D. Sutherland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2013-01-01
Series:Open Biology
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.130156