[Surface of the Pacific Ocean and physical mechanisms of prebiological evolution].
The hypothesis about the spontaneous generation of living cell predecessors on the ocean surface during prebiological evolution is further developed. Data obtained in experiments and observations are given that support our point of view. It is shown that the physicochemical properties of the nonequilibrium ocean-atmosphere boundary including ionic asymmetry, fractionation of enantiomers of amino and nucleic acids, and the formation of sealed vesicles provide conditions under which the spontaneous generation seems quite possible.
Iakovenko
L V
LV
Physical Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob'evy Gory, Moscow, 119992 Russia.
Tverdislov
V A
VA
D005075:Biological Evolution; D010140:Pacific Ocean