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Author: Devils AdvocaatDevils Advocaat Date: Aug 5, 2008 09:21
Can anyone tell me if a DNA strand (or helix) formed abiotically has a
length limit before it becomes unstable?
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Author: Tim TylerTim Tyler Date: Aug 6, 2008 09:31
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Author: Devils AdvocaatDevils Advocaat Date: Aug 7, 2008 09:30
On 6 Aug, 17:31, Tim Tyler googlemail.com> wrote:> On Aug 5, 5:21
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Author: Tim TylerTim Tyler Date: Aug 8, 2008 09:37
Devils Advocaat wrote:
> On 6 Aug, 17:31, Tim Tyler googlemail.com> wrote:>> On Aug 5, 5:21 pm, Devils Advocaat yahoo.co.uk> wrote:>>> Can anyone tell me if a DNA strand (or helix) formed abiotically has a
>>> length limit before it becomes unstable?
>> DNA is an "advanced" molecule which does not form prebiotically.
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> As far as I am aware, prebiotic and abiotic are not the same thing,
> "pre-" means before, and "a-" means without.
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> And if one was to place the monomers of DNA into a test-tube or
> beaker, and presuming that polymerisation was spontaneous, how long a
> strand (or helix) of DNA would form before it became unstable, if at
> all?
Primed isochiral nucleotides and test tubes are both biotic: without
life, there's no DNA.
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Author: Joachim PimiskernJoachim Pimiskern Date: Aug 8, 2008 09:37
"Devils Advocaat" yahoo.co.uk> schrieb:> Can anyone tell me if a DNA strand (or helix)
> formed abiotically has a length limit before it
> becomes unstable?
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Author: Devils AdvocaatDevils Advocaat Date: Aug 9, 2008 22:32
On 8 Aug, 17:37, Tim Tyler googlemail.com> wrote:> Devils Advocaat wrote:
>> On 6 Aug, 17:31, Tim Tyler googlemail.com> wrote:>>> On Aug 5, 5:21 pm, Devils Advocaat yahoo.co.uk> wrote:>>>> Can anyone tell me if a DNA strand (or helix) formed abiotically has a
>>>> length limit before it becomes unstable?
>>> DNA is an "advanced" molecule which does not form prebiotically.
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>> As far as I am aware, prebiotic and abiotic are not the same thing,
>> "pre-" means before, and "a-" means without.
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>> And if one was to place the monomers of DNA into a test-tube or
>> beaker, and presuming that polymerisation was spontaneous, how long a
>> strand (or helix) of DNA would form before it became unstable, if at
>> all?
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> Primed isochiral nucleotides and test...
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Author: Tim TylerTim Tyler Date: Aug 10, 2008 11:23
Devils Advocaat wrote:
> On 8 Aug, 17:37, Tim Tyler googlemail.com> wrote:>> Primed isochiral nucleotides and test tubes are both biotic: without
>> life, there's no DNA.
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> Can you provided supporting evidence for this assertion?
See Chapter 1 of Genetic Takeover (1988), paying special attention
to the 20 problems in the section entitled:
"The implausibilty of prevital nucleic acid"
....starting on page 56.
>> DNA - however formed - breaks down over a period of years by splitting
>> up, at a rate which depends on the temperature. With a long enough
>> molecule, the average time to the first break could be made to be five minutes.
>> Is that what you are after?
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> No, sorry, but it isn't, as you haven't really answered my question.
"Can anyone tell me if a DNA strand ... has a length limit before
it becomes unstable?"
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