Coupled Phases and Combinatorial Selection in Fluctuating Hydrothermal Pools: A Scenario to Guide Experimental Approaches to the Origin of Cellular Life
Hydrothermal fields on the prebiotic Earth are candidate environments for biogenesis. We propose a model in which molecular systems driven by cycles of hydration and dehydration in such sites undergo chemical evolution in dehydrated films on mineral surfaces followed by encapsulation and combinatori...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Life |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/5/1/872 |