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Life in the Universe

From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on other Worlds

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  1. Joseph Seckbach

    1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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  2. Julian Chela-Flores

    1. The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
      Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Caracas, Venezuela

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  3. Tobias Owen

    1. Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu, USA

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  4. François Raulin

    1. Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, LISA,Universités Paris 12 & Paris 7, France

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Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 7)

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Table of contents (75 chapters)

  1. From the Miller Experiment to Chemical and Biological Evolution

    1. Prebiotic Organic Synthesis and the Emergence of Life: From the Miller Experiment to the Start of Biological Evolution

      • L. Delaye, A. Becerra, A. M. Velasco, S. Islas, A. Lazcano
      Pages 103-106

    2. Origin and Evolution of Very Early Sequence Motifs in Enzymes

      • H. Baltscheffsky, B. Persson, A. Schultz, J. R. Pérez-CastiÑeira, Margareta Baltscheffsky
      Pages 107-110

    3. The Lipid World: From Catalytic and Informational Headgroups to Micelle Replication and Evolution Without Nucleic Acids

      • Arren Bar-Even, Barak Shenhav, Ran Kafri, Doron Lancet
      Pages 111-114

    4. Coenzymes in Evolution of the RNA World

      • M. S. Kritsky, T. A. Telegina, T. A. Lyudnikova, Yu. L. Zemskova
      Pages 115-118

    5. The Role of Heat in the Origin of Life

      • Peter R. Bahn, A. Pappelis, Randal Grubbs
      Pages 119-120

    6. A Possible Pathway for the Transfer of Chiral Bias from Extraterrestrial Cα-Tetrasubstituted α-Amino Acids to Proteinogenic Amino Acids

      • Marco Crisma, Alessandro Moretto, Fernando Formaggio, Bernard Kaptein, Quirinus B. Broxterman, Claudio Toniolo
      Pages 121-122

    7. Prebiotic Polymerization of Amino Acids. A Markov Chain Approach

      • F.G. Mosqueira, S. Ramos-Bernal, A. Negron-Mendoza
      Pages 123-124

    8. The Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate in Hydrothermal Sulfide ore Deposit as a Novel Source of Organic Matter

      • M.G. Vladimirov, Yu.F. Ryzhkov, V.A. Alekseev, V.A. Bogdanovskaya, V.A. Otroshchenko, M.S. Kritsky
      Pages 125-126

    9. Towards a Chronological Order of the Amino Acids

      • W. J. M. F. Collis
      Pages 127-128

    10. Origin and Evolution of Metabolic Pathways

      • M. Brilli, R. Fani
      Pages 129-132

    11. Conserved Oligopeptides in the Rubisco Large Chains

      • P.B. Vidyasagar, Pratip Shil, Sarah Thomas
      Pages 133-134

    12. On the Question of Convergent Evolution in Biochemistry

      • A. A. Akindahunsi, J. Chela-Flores
      Pages 135-138

    13. Diversity of Microbial Life on Earth and Beyond

      • Joseph Seckbach
      Pages 139-142

  2. Alternative Scenarios for the Origin and Evolution of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Mineral Surfaces as a Cradle of Primordial Genetic Material

      • Enzo Gallori, Elisa Biondi, Marco Franchi
      Pages 145-148

    3. Adsorption and Self-Organization of Small Molecules on Inorganic Surfaces

      • Donald G. Fraser
      Pages 149-152

    4. Studies on Copper Chromicyanide as Prebiotic Catalyst

      • Kamaluddin, Shah Raj Ali
      Pages 153-156

    5. Phosphate Immobilization by Primitive Condensers

      • Fernando de Souza-Barros, Marisa B. M. Monte, Ana C. P. Duarte, JosÉ A. P. Bonapace, Manoel Rothier do Amaral Jr., Raphael Braz Levigard et al.
      Pages 157-160

    6. Adsorption and Catalysis of Nucleotide Hydrolysis by Pyrite in Media Simulating Primeval Aqueous Environments

      • Adalberto Vieyra, Ana Claudia Tessis, Mila Pontes-Buarque, José A. P. Bonapace, Marisa Monte, Helio Salim de Amorim et al.
      Pages 161-164

  3. Cosmological and Other Space Science Aspects of Astrobiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

  • The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

    Julian Chela-Flores

  • Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Caracas, Venezuela

    Julian Chela-Flores

  • Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu, USA

    Tobias Owen

  • Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, LISA,Universités Paris 12 & Paris 7, France

    François Raulin

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