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The radiolysis experiments of amino acids have revealed the presence of bimolecular interaction between like enantiomers which suppress their photodegradation and between opposite enantiomers that enhance the photodegradation. Based on a mathematical model, it is suggested that this phenomenon could have given rise to chiral stereoselection in biochemical evolution.
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Tennakone, K. Spontaneous breaking of the L, D symmetry in photolytic production and degradation of amino acids. Origins Life Evol Biosphere 20, 515–519 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808198
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