Two-dimensional life?
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
A model [Wächtershäuser, G. (1988) Microbiol. Rev. 52, 452-484], according to which life started in the form of a monomolecular layer of interacting anionic metabolites electrostatically bound to a positively charged surface, is examined critically. The model raises a number of thermodynamic and kinetic difficulties.
Medical subject headings
- Models, Biological
- Models, Chemical
- Origin of Life