The existence of the universe is an enigma because the energy at
genesis should have created equal amounts of matter and
antimatter, which should have subsequently annihilated. What
happened in the baryogenesis process to cause matter to
predominate in the cosmos? A candidate conceptual solution is
presented based on the cordus conjecture, and featuring the
antineutrino in a prominent role. A detailed model is produced
for the production of an electron-antielectron pair from
photons. The novel contribution is showing how the discrete
field structures of the photon dynamically transform into those
of the two massy particules. A new production process is
detailed whereby an energetic antielectron is remanufactured
into a proton and two antineutrinos. The production process
could equally have converted electrons to antiprotons, and a
tentative explanation is given for why this might not have
happened. Therefore it is suggested that the apparent asymmetry
of baryogenesis is because the antimatter is hiding in pla