The physicochemical prerequisites for the origin of life are considered. A hypothesis on the formation of cell precursors in the course of prebiological evolution at the ocean-air boundary is basically formulated. Theoretical and experimental evidence to support this hypothesis is presented. It is shown that the nonequilibrium surface of the World Ocean exhibits a number of physicochemical properties that could have provided for the spontaneous formation of cell precursors.
Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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