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involve considerable changes in energy level as manifested by evolution or ab- 

 sorption of heat, resulting in the destruction of the macromolecules, the emission 

 of the mitogenetic radiation is hindered temporarily. 



If molecules with a fluctuating electrostatic charge, or molecules which can 

 attain such a configuration on being irradiated, are exposed to electromagnetic 

 radiations of certain wavelengths, they emit secondary radiations of mito- 

 genetic order. The frequency and intensity of these radiations depend upon the 

 nature of the atoms in the molecule and will be the net resultant of the different 

 bonds and atoms present in it. 



The macromolecular aggregate, if exposed to these secondary radiations, 

 because it contains all the fragments to synthesize the radiating molecule, will 

 be able to sjmthesize the radiating molecular system. However, if the radiating 

 system has got some inactive portions which do not participate in the emission 

 of the secondary radiation, then only the active portion of the radiating system 

 will be synthesized from the macromolecule and not the whole molecule which 

 is emitting the mitogenetic radiation. 



This finds unquestionable confirmation in the autosynthesis of enzymoids as 

 observed by A. Gurwitsch [36] who foimd that enzymoids can be synthesized 

 in dilute aqueous solution of glycine, if a trace of the initiating enzyme molecule 

 is present in the solution and the solution is irradiated. This can be easily ex- 

 plained if it is presumed that the active group of the enzyme contains the atomic 

 groupings which can be synthesized by glycine on activation by irradiation. The 

 mitogenetic radiation helps in the auto-synthesis of the radiating nucleus as it is 

 only the reactive group in the enzyme which is capable of mitogenetic radiations. 

 Such enzymically active molecules thus synthesized have been named Enzymoids. 



In the prebiological era of the Earth there was a vast expanse of water, which 

 contained a considerable amount of minerals and dissolved carbon dioxide. 

 These minerals acted as catalysts in the synthesis of protein from water and 

 carbon dioxide. The Earth was covered with heavy clouds and so light and dark 

 phases fluctuated too often, thus producing the optimum conditions for the 

 emission of mitogenetic radiations [37]. Reflection of the mitogenetic radiations 

 by various reflecting surfaces, rendered them polarized [33] and the polarized 

 radiations were extremely active in exciting the molecules for periodic fluctua- 

 tions in their charges and they helped in the synthesis of asynmietric molecules. 

 Under these conditions, a nvmiber of asymmetric molecules having peptide 

 linkages were formed. 



For the emission of secondary radiation, it is essential that the molecule must 

 be such that its state of rest can be easily disturbed by even a slight initiation 

 through irradiation, resulting in a dynamic state of fluctuating electrostatic 

 charge. This initiation is accompHshed by a starting stroke at an appropriate 

 spot in the molecule. The intensity of the stroke does not have any effect on 

 the nature of the radiation emitted, and its only fonction is to start the con- 

 tinuous emission of the radiations by setting up a fluctuating electrostatic charge 

 in the molecule. This can be well understood from the experiments on mito- 

 genetic radiations [33, 38]. Followed by the primary impacts, a series of fluctua- 

 tions in electrostatic charge are set up in the molecules liberating mitogenetic 



