Talk:Heterotrophic theory

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I am currently working in this article Avazquez-salazar (talk) 18:41, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

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Merger proposal

It seems like the this new article deals with the same subject as Primordial soup. (Besides, it is not a "theory" but a scientific hypothesis.) @Apokryltaros:, @Drbogdan:, @John D. Croft:, @Sunrise:, your thoughts? Cheers, Rowan Forest (talk) 22:44, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

@Rowan Forest: I agree that with the current writing both articles are extremely similar; however, my proposal is that "Prebiotic soup" becomes an article dedicated to the composition of the mixture of the "soup" as well as the conditions of the primitive atmosphere, while the article "Heterotrophic theory" is dedicated to the theory per se (this is, the history of the proposal, how it stands against the autotrophic hipothesis and the state of the art in the field) User:Avazquez-salazar (talk) 23:30, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

@Apokryltaros, Avazquez-salazar, John D. Croft, Rowan Forest, and Sunrise: FWIW - yes - seems best at the moment to merge the "Heterotrophic theory" article with the "Primordial soup" article, since the articles seem sufficiently similar imo - hope this helps in some way - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 02:09, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

@Rowan Forest: About the theory/hypothesis debate, I suggest this reading: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00239-016-9773-5

Avazquez-salazar (talk) 23:54, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. The development of Oparin's views and his cultural context can be mentioned in the existing article (Primordial soup). I still don't think duplication of the subject is warranted. Cheers, Rowan Forest (talk) 00:08, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

• Support It may be noted that Norman Horowitz (1945—this is sometimes wrongly quoted as 1947) introduced the term "heterotrophic" to explain the gene-enzyme relationship (in fact the origin of the name "one gene-one enzyme hypothesis") in the origin and evolution of the first organic molecules, as proposed by Alexander Oparin. Thus, heterotrophic theory is basically, fundamentally and practically prebiotic/primordial soup theory. Chhandama (talk) 04:37, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 21:22, 18 January 2020 (UTC)