Origin of life: hypothesized roles of high-energy electrical discharges, infrared radiation, thermosynthesis and pre-photosynthesis

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J. T. Trevors
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[1] University of Guelph,Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Environmental Sciences
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Theory in Biosciences | 2012年 / 131卷
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Bacteria; Evolution; High-energy discharges; Infrared radiation; Knowledge fusion; Origin of life; Wave-particle duality; Pre-photosynthesis; Thermosynthesis;
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The hypothesis is proposed that during the organization of pre-biotic bacterial cell(s), high-energy electrical discharges, infrared radiation (IR), thermosynthesis and possibly pre-photosynthesis were central to the origin of life. High-energy electrical discharges generated some simple organic molecules available for the origin of life. Infrared radiation, both incoming to the Earth and generated on the cooling Earth with day/night and warming/cooling cycles, was a component of heat engine thermosynthesis before enzymes and the genetic code were present. Eventually, a primitive forerunner of photosynthesis and the capability to capture visible light emerged. In addition, the dual particle-wave nature of light is discussed from the perspective that life requires light acting both as a wave and particle.
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