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ered to be impossible in practical terms.
The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of a
cell and which stores genetic information, is a magnificent
databank. If the information coded in DNA were written
down, it would make a giant library consisting of an esti-
mated 900 volumes of encyclopedias consisting of 500 pages
each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA

can replicate itself only with the help of some specialized pro-
teins (enzymes). However, the synthesis of these enzymes
can be realized only by the information coded in DNA. As
they both depend on each other, they have to exist at the same
time for replication. This brings the scenario that life origi-
nated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an evolution-
ist of repute from the University of San Diego, California,

confesses this fact in the September 1994 issue of the Scientific
American magazine:
It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids,
both of which are structurally complex, arose spontaneously
in the same place at the same time. Yet it also seems impossible