Natural Science Forum / Biology / Evolution / April 2005

I have these problems with most origin of life scenarios.
1. Chemical selection was NOT based on what would
lead to metabolism, replication, protein synthesis etc.
That makes no sense. Chemical selection was solely based

I was wondering if I could hear from those who support the methodology
involved in 'Classical Twin Studies', where the desease in question is
known to have environmental correlates.
In the Classical Twin Study method MZ twins raised together in one

The origin happened so quickly after earth formed that
it suggests one of two possibilities to me"
Either
1. It was easy to do

One of the things that distinguishes organic chemistry is the possibility
of chirality.  I had originally intended a full posting or two regarding
chirality, but Larry Moran has called my attention to this essay that he
produced for "the other place".  It says just about everything ...

Sex increases the efficacy of natural selection in experimental yeast
populations
MATTHEW R. GODDARD*, H. CHARLES J. GODFRAY & AUSTIN BURT
NERC Centre for Population Biology and Department of Biological Sciences,