Chemical Ecosystem Selection on Mineral Surfaces Reveals Long-Term Dynamics Consistent with the Spontaneous Emergence of Mutual Catalysis

Chemical Ecosystem Selection on Mineral Surfaces Reveals Long-Term Dynamics Consistent with the Spontaneous Emergence of Mutual Catalysis

How did chemicals first become organized into systems capable of self-propagation and adaptive evolution? One possibility is that the first evolvers were chemical ecosystems localized on mineral surfaces and composed of sets of molecular species that could catalyze each other’s formation....

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Main Authors: Lena Vincent, Michael Berg, Mitchell Krismer, Samuel T. Saghafi, Jacob Cosby, Talia Sankari, Kalin Vetsigian, H. James Cleaves, David A. Baum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
autocatalysis
chemical ecosystem selection
mineral surfaces
mutual catalysis
prebiotic chemistry
origins of life
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/4/80

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