Assembling life : how can life begin on earth and other habitable planets? /
In this book, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucle...
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- Elektronisch E-Book
- Sprache:
- Englisch
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
- Zusammenfassung:
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In this book, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Could life have begun on Mars? The book provides an overview of conditions on the early Earth four billion years ago and explains why fresh water hot springs are a plausible alternative to salty seawater as a site where life can begin. Deamer describes his studies of organic compounds that were likely to be available in the prebiotic environment and the volcanic conditions that can drive chemical evolution toward the origin of life.
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- 1 online resource (209 pages)
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- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Zielpublikum:
- Specialized.
- Bibliografie:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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9780190646400
0190646403
9780197559741
0197559743
9780190646394
019064639X - Schlagworte:
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Parallelausgabe: 9780190646387Parallelausgabe: 0190646381
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