The Origin of Life on Earth and the Design of Alternative Life Forms

To understand the origin of life on Earth, and to evaluate the potential for life on exoplanets, we must understand the pathways that lead from chemistry to biology. Recent experiments suggest that a chemically rich environment that provides the building blocks of membranes, nucleic acids and peptid...

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Main Author: Jack W. Szostak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2017-12-01
Series:Molecular Frontiers Journal
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Online Access:http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2529732517400132