@article{fdi:010087596,
  title = {{I}nformation-energy equivalence and the emergence of self-replicating biological systems},
  author = {{P}aradis, {E}mmanuel},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}iological processes are characterized by a decrease in entropy in apparent violation of the second law of thermodynamics. {I}nformation stored in genomes help to solve this paradox when interpreted under the relationship between information and energy stated by {B}rillouin in the 1950's. {H}owever, the origins of living forms from inanimate matter which have no information storage device remains an open question. {I}n this paper, a theoretical approach is developed on this issue. {T}he replication of a simple entity with a binary genome is assumed to require an information-equivalent energy in addition to the standard activation energy. {I}t is found that, in some conditions, a decrease in entropy can be accomplished together with a decrease in {G}ibbs free energy. {A}n equation of the total energy for the replication of this entity is derived. {T}hree factors are predicted to lower this energy: a small number of states of the coding sequence, a lower temperature, and a high ratio of the reaction on diffusion coefficients. {T}hese factors may have favoured the emergence of evolutionary demons-information storage devices that are able to decrease entropy. {I}t is evaluated that some short, single-stranded {RNA} sequences made only of {G} and of {C} may conform to this model. {T}he consequences of this model and its predictions on the origins of life on {E}arth and on other planets are discussed.},
  keywords = {{E}nergy ; {E}ntropy ; {G}enome ; {I}nformation ; {R}eplication},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iosystems},
  volume = {226},
  numero = {},
  pages = {104885 [8 p.]},
  ISSN = {0303-2647},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.104885},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087596},
}