Labels:bulletin board | reckoner OCR: Growing evidence supports the idea that the emergence of catalytic RNA was crucial early step How that RNA came into being remains unknown LESLIE ORGEL is senior fellow and research professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego which he joined in 1965 He obtained his Ph.D in chemistry from the University of in 1951 and subsequently became reader in chemistry at the University of Cambridge While at Cambridge he contributed to the development ligand field theory The National Aeronautics and Space Administration supports his extensive research on chemistry that may be relevant to the origin of life Orgel isa fellow of the Royal Society anda member of the National Academy o Sciences When the earth formed some 4.6 billion years ago, it was lifeless inhospitable place. Abil ...
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