Vol. 6, №1, 2014
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THEORY OF EVOLUTION
ABIOGENESIS IN THE ATMOSPHERE: ARCHAIC METABOLISM, COMBINATORIAL REPLICATION AND PRIMARY VIRUSES
Zaritsky A. R.
Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, http://www.lebedev.ru
119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
zaritsky@sci.lebedev.ru
Vorontsov Yu. P.
Filatov Hospital no. 13, Moscow Department of Healthcare, http://www.13dgkb.ru
103001 Moscow, Russian Federation
yupmkpsp@rambler.ru
Pronin V. S.
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of RF, http://www.mmm.ru
119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
vspronin@yandex,ru
Received 21.01.2013
This study represents an analysis of abiogenesis processes at the step immediately succeeding the "beginning of the beginnings". This step exhibits further augmentation of free energy liberation by local atmospheric sources that provides grounds for progressive increase in complexity of organic compounds, metabolic processes, and archaic metabolic pre-cellular systems, and so, forms preconditions for the first life sprouts. The incipience of lipids had become the system-forming factor which provided implementation of the above prerequisites in archaic mechanisms of matrix replication of organic compounds and primary viruses.
Keywords: abiogenesis, atmosphere, primary separation, hydrocarbon nanodroplets, autonomous energy source, metabolism, homeostasis, symbiosis.
UDC 576.1+551.7
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