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Life arose on Earth more than three billion years ago. How the first self-replicating systems emerged from prebiotic chemistry and evolved into primitive cell-like entities is an area of intense research, spanning molecular and cellular biology, organic chemistry, cosmology, geology, and atmospheric science. Written and edited by experts in the field, this volume provides a comprehensive account of the environment of the early Earth and the mechanisms by which the organic molecules present may have self-assembled to form replicating material such as RNA and other polymers. The contributors examine the energetic requirements for this process and focus in particular on the essential role of semi-permeable compartments in containment of primitive genetic systems.
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Origins of Life, David W. Deamer, Gail R. Fleischaker
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- Released
- 1994
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- Title
- Origins of Life
- Subtitle
- The Central Concepts
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David W. Deamer, Gail R. Fleischaker
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 431
- ISBN10
- 0867201819
- ISBN13
- 9780867201819
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, History, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Biology, Science, Physics, Medicine, Life, Collected Works, Evolution, Geology, Biochemistry, Evolutionary Biology, Origin of Life
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- Description
- Life arose on Earth more than three billion years ago. How the first self-replicating systems emerged from prebiotic chemistry and evolved into primitive cell-like entities is an area of intense research, spanning molecular and cellular biology, organic chemistry, cosmology, geology, and atmospheric science. Written and edited by experts in the field, this volume provides a comprehensive account of the environment of the early Earth and the mechanisms by which the organic molecules present may have self-assembled to form replicating material such as RNA and other polymers. The contributors examine the energetic requirements for this process and focus in particular on the essential role of semi-permeable compartments in containment of primitive genetic systems.