Genesis - In The Beginning
Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution
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Origin(s) of Design in Nature
A Fresh, Interdisciplinary Look at How Design Emerges in Complex Systems, Especially Life
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Divine Genesis, Evolution, and Astrobiology
The first steps of Genesis (origin of life) and the evolution of organisms are still challenging biological mysteries. Many countries and states debate how to teach origins and evolution in their school system...
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Habitable Environments by Extremophiles on Earth, the Solar System, and Elsewhere
Life on Earth is ubiquitous. Most of the organisms that we know thrive in normal environments that we consider to be ambient habitats. Extremophiles are among the microorganisms living on the edge of life unde...
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Symbioses and Stress: Final comments
In this book we highlight interesting cases of symbioses, in which to certain extent stress effects have been explored. We are aware that the selections do not cover all types of symbioses in which creative in...
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Symbioses and Stress
The “living together of unlike organisms” in symbiosis implies the confrontation of different physiological properties and ecological preferences. To be successful, organisms in association need to resolve the...
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What do we call life? A Brief Outlook on Life
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Biodiversity and Extremophiles
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Introduction
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Introduction To The Extremophiles
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From Extremophiles to Astrobiology
The 3.5 – 3.8 billion years during which Prokaryotes have lived on Earth have been sufficient time to evolve the characteristics necessary to colonize every habitat compatible with the stability of biomolecule...
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The Cyanidiophyceae: Hot Spring Acidophilic Algae
The Cyanidiaceae are exceptional organisms among the microalgal communities, these cells thrive in extreme ecological conditions (see Seckbach, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1997). They are considered very primitive eu...
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The Versatility of Microorganisms
Living organisms are ubiquitous; they are observed in almost every ecological niche, from the air to various habitats on land and deep in the oceans. The abiding presence of microorganisms has also a temporal ...
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Is There an Alternative Path in Eukaryogenesis?
The transition from prokaryotic to eukaryotic cells (‘Eukaryogenesis’) is still a biological mystery. The present paper revisits the question of the origin of the eukaryotic cell and suggests that the biochemi...
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Biological Aspects of the Origin of Life: Open Questions in Eukaryogenesis
The identification of the first organisms is currently not solved. However, it is agreed that the bacterial cells (Prokaryota or Monera) were the pioneering unicellular organisms. These cells were the progenit...
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