Author/Authors :
Faglioni، نويسنده , , Francesco and dʹAgostino، نويسنده , , Paola S. and Cadioli، نويسنده , , Beniamino and Lazzeretti، نويسنده , , Paolo، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The energy of parity-violation associated with a typical DNA double helix is estimated with ab initio techniques. It is shown that weak-nuclear interactions do not favor the formation of the double helices found in nature. Possible implications regarding the potential effect of parity-violation interactions on the evolution of biological homochirality are discussed.
