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Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British chemist Leslie Orgel.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Leslie Orgel

Leslie Eleazer Orgel FRS was a British chemist. He is known for his theories on the origin of life.

Living organisms are distinguished by their specified complexity — © Leslie Orgel
Living organisms are distinguished by their specified complexity
There is no agreement on the extent to which metabolism could develop independently of a genetic material. In my opinion, there is no basis in known chemistry for the belief that long sequences of reactions can organize spontaneously -- and every reason to believe that they cannot. The problem of achieving sufficient specificity, whether in aqueous solution or on the surface of a mineral, is so severe that the chance of closing a cycle of reactions as complex as the reverse citric acid cycle, for example, is negligible.
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