Otangelo
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| Quote (Dr.GH @ Nov. 19 2015,12:26) | | Creationists like to present this as a profound mystery that is supposed to "prove" that they are correct. |
Sorry, but not only creationists have recognized this problem.
Homochirality
http://reasonandscience.heavenforum.org/t1309-h....irality
http://labquimica.files.wordpress.com/2011....dad.pdf
The origin of the homochirality of amino acids is still an unsolved issue. There must have been a definite process to ensure that the sequence-based mechanism functioned in the RNA world. Future experiments will provide insights regarding the basis using which this mystery can be solved.
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.p....l_World
Enantiomers are molecules that are mirror-images of each other. Today, amino acids and sugars exist in only one enantiomeric form in most biological systems on earth. This homochirality remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries to scientists.
http://www.cnrs.fr/Cnrspre....a11.htm
However, the question of the origin of biological homochirality remains as yet unanswered.
http://origins.harvard.edu/event....irality
left and right-handed molecules of a compound will form in equal amounts (a racemic mixture) when we synthesize them in the laboratory in the absence of some type of directing template.
http://www.teknoscienze.com/Article....17Qucvk
Several mechanisms have been proposed for elucidating the origins of the chirality of organic compounds, such as circularly polarized light (CPL) (3) and quartz (4); however, a suitable amplification process for chirality is required to reach single-handedness of biological compounds (biological homochirality)
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