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The origin of homochirality has been a basic and challenging problem of life science. Salam’s phase transition hypothesis has been suggested. However, there are three problems implied in this putative phase transition of D- to L-amino acids. In this paper, we present our experiments involving the possible relevance of Salam’s putative phase transition in the origin of homochirality.
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Wang, W., Yi, F. (1998). Salam Phase Transition and the Causal Origin of Homochirality. In: Chela-Flores, J., Raulin, F. (eds) Exobiology: Matter, Energy, and Information in the Origin and Evolution of Life in the Universe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5056-9_15
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