150 years ago (more precisely, 150 - 149 years ago) Johann Friedrich Miescher working in Felix Hoppe-Seyler's laboratory at the University of Tübingen discovered DNA (nucleic acids).
Around the same years, Rudolf Vikhrov introduced the principle of “The nucleus only from the nucleus”, “the chromosome only from the chromosome”, and even “the mitochondria only from the mitochondria”.
80 years ago, the Russian scientist Nikolai Koltsov introduced the principle: "A molecule only from the molecule."
55 years ago, an article was published by F. Crick and J. Watson on the structure of DNA and the matrix principle in DNA.
Dear Colleagues, do you think:
"The matrix principle is the only one variant of the development of living entities in both ontogenesis and evolutionary history, or can other chemical and physical alternatives exist?"
Dear Dr. or Mr.(?) Zimin,
First, I would like you to define about what kind of molecules you want to discuss.
There are two types of organic molecules on the Earth. Oil and methane and other complex molecules are formed in the depth of the planet from the carbon and hydrogen at high temperatures and pressure. The other types of organic materials are various Life forms, whose genes have extraterrestrial origin. May be somewhere in the Universe there are other forms of Life and organics, which we do not know because they simply do not survive under conditions of the Earth.
Your question is more phylosophical one rather than biological. Is it?
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