Bond-Extended Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Bilinear Indices. 1. QSPR/QSAR Applications to the Description of Properties/Activities of Small-Medium Size Organic Compounds

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yovani Marrero-Ponce ◽  
Eugenio Martínez ◽  
Gerardo Casañola-Martín ◽  
Facundo Pérez-Giménez ◽  
Yunaimy Díaz ◽  
...  
2010 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yovani Marrero-Ponce ◽  
Eugenio R. Martínez ◽  
Gerardo M. Casañola-Martín ◽  
Facundo Pérez-Giménez ◽  
Yunaimy Echevería Díaz ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 419-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Lazcano

AbstractDifferent current ideas on the origin of life are critically examined. Comparison of the now fashionable FeS/H2S pyrite-based autotrophic theory of the origin of life with the heterotrophic viewpoint suggest that the later is still the most fertile explanation for the emergence of life. However, the theory of chemical evolution and heterotrophic origins of life requires major updating, which should include the abandonment of the idea that the appearance of life was a slow process involving billions of years. Stability of organic compounds and the genetics of bacteria suggest that the origin and early diversification of life took place in a time period of the order of 10 million years. Current evidence suggest that the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds may be a widespread phenomenon in the Galaxy and may have a deterministic nature. However, the history of the biosphere does not exhibits any obvious trend towards greater complexity or «higher» forms of life. Therefore, the role of contingency in biological evolution should not be understimated in the discussions of the possibilities of life in the Universe.


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