The molecular origins of life : assembling pieces of the puzzle /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c1998. |
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| Description: | viii, 417 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3626066 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I.. Setting the stage
- 1.. The origin of the atmosphere
- 2.. The early atmosphere as a source of biogenic compounds
- Part II.. Organic molecules on the early Earth
- 3.. The endogenous synthesis of organic compounds
- 4.. Hydrothermal systems
- 5.. Cosmic origin of the biosphere
- 6.. Clues from the origin of the Solar System: meteorites
- 7.. Micrometeorites on the early Earth
- Part III.. Possible starts for primitive life
- 8.. Membrane compartments in prebiotic evolution
- 9.. Origin of life in an iron--sulfur world
- 10.. Clues from present-day biology: the thioester world
- 11.. Origins of the RNA world
- 12.. Catalyzed RNA synthesis for the RNA world
- 13.. Catalysis in the RNA world
- 14.. Self-replication and autocatalysis
- Part IV.. Clues from the bacterial world
- 15.. Hyperthermophiles and their possible role as ancestors of modern life
- 16.. Tracing the roots of the Universal Tree of Life
- Part V.. Clues from other planets
- 17.. Titan
- 18.. Life on Mars
- Conclusion
- Index
