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The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis
We describe the initial realization of behavior in the biosphere, which we term behavioral chemistry. If molecules are complex enough to attain a stochastic element to their structural conformation in such as a way as to radically affect their function in a biological (evolvable) setting, then they...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187153/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25371268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life2040313 |
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author | Larson, Brian C. Jensen, R. Paul Lehman, Niles |
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description | We describe the initial realization of behavior in the biosphere, which we term behavioral chemistry. If molecules are complex enough to attain a stochastic element to their structural conformation in such as a way as to radically affect their function in a biological (evolvable) setting, then they have the capacity to behave. This circumstance is described here as behavioral chemistry, unique in its definition from the colloquial chemical behavior. This transition between chemical behavior and behavioral chemistry need be explicit when discussing the root cause of behavior, which itself lies squarely at the origins of life and is the foundation of choice. RNA polymers of sufficient length meet the criteria for behavioral chemistry and therefore are capable of making a choice. |
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spelling | pubmed-41871532014-10-27 The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis Larson, Brian C. Jensen, R. Paul Lehman, Niles Life (Basel) Article We describe the initial realization of behavior in the biosphere, which we term behavioral chemistry. If molecules are complex enough to attain a stochastic element to their structural conformation in such as a way as to radically affect their function in a biological (evolvable) setting, then they have the capacity to behave. This circumstance is described here as behavioral chemistry, unique in its definition from the colloquial chemical behavior. This transition between chemical behavior and behavioral chemistry need be explicit when discussing the root cause of behavior, which itself lies squarely at the origins of life and is the foundation of choice. RNA polymers of sufficient length meet the criteria for behavioral chemistry and therefore are capable of making a choice. MDPI 2012-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4187153/ /pubmed/25371268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life2040313 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Larson, Brian C. Jensen, R. Paul Lehman, Niles The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis |
title | The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis |
title_full | The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis |
title_fullStr | The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis |
title_full_unstemmed | The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis |
title_short | The Chemical Origin of Behavior is Rooted in Abiogenesis |
title_sort | chemical origin of behavior is rooted in abiogenesis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187153/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25371268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life2040313 |
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