In existographies, Emile Zuckerkandl (1922-2013) was an Austrian-born American molecular evolutionist noted, for []
Overview
In 1976, Zuckerkandl, in chnopsology, posited an chemical affinity based genetic-evolution theory according to which evolution might consist of stabilizing labile characters by fixing new concentration ratios or new relations in affinity constants between activators and repressors, such that each new stabilization leads to some degree of labilization or other activator-repressor equilibria and where mutations result from decays in old affinity constants or increases in new ones. [1] The gist of his genetic evolution model, supposedly, is that: [2]
Increases in affinity = increases in determinism
Decreases in affinity = decreases in determinism
and that these two tendencies, when actuated between regulatory molecules and receptor genes, gives rise to genetic-based evolution, or something along these lines. In 1957, Zuckerkandl met American chemical engineer Linus Pauling, who he began to work with in the years to follow, which may be from whom he learned affinity chemistry.
Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Zuckerkandl:
“The order of the battle is no different. It has been the scientists—Richard Dawkins, Victor Stenger, Taner Edis, Emile Zuckerkandl, Peter Atkins, Steven Weinberg (vast mole superbus)—who have undertaken a wide-ranging attack on religious belief and sentiment.”
— David Berlinski (2008), The Devil’s Delusion (pg. 3) [3]
References
1. Zuckerkandl, Emile. (1976). “Programs of Gene Action and Progressive Evolution”, in: Molecular Anthropology: Genes and Proteins in the Evolutionary Ascent of the Primates (pgs. 387-447) (editors: M. Goodman, R.E. Tashian, and J.E. Tashian). Plenum Press.
2. Brooks, Daniel R. and Wilson, Edward O. (1988). Evolution as Entropy: Toward a Unified theory of Biology (pgs. 157-60). University of Chicago Press.
3. Berlinski, David. (2008). The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions. Publisher, 2010.
External links
● Emile Zuckerlandly – Wikipedia.
