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Table 4.14 The logical and physical requirements for the mechanism of the origin of

molecular messages (as specified by H. Pattee) are met by the combination of the

Anderson model of the origin of biological information and the Princetonator.

Pattee’s Constraints

on Mechanisms of the

Origin of Life [89]

Satisfied by

Anderson’s Model The Princetonator

1. Primeval
   ecosystem

The “RNA soup”

on the surface

of the earth

subjected to

thermal cycling

2. Simple rules Conformon production and utilization (see
   Figure 3.30)


3. Switches Frustrated regions of RNA harboring
   conformons (see Figure 4.10)


4. Open-ended
   evolvability

Thermally accessible conformations

(called virtual conformons [7, p. 136])

of RNA fragments that can drive self-

replication when reified to real

conformons upon coupling to

exergonic chemical reactions, obeying

the GFCP [7, pp. 50–56]. Due to

thermal motions implicated, there is a

finite probability of errors occurring

during the conformon-driven

copolymerization process, thus

leading to mutations and open-ended

evolution [92]

5. Stability It is possible that n catalytically active
   molecular species (CAMS) must be
   co-localized in a small spatial volume
   (to be called the catalytic site) to
   effectuate spontaneous copolymeriz-
   ations (see the Franck–Condon
   state defined on p. 433 in [12] and
   Figure 3.30). If the probability of such
   a co-localization is P and the average
   probability of individual CAMS being
   located in the catalytic site is p, the
   following relation holds: P = pn.
   (Continued)

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