From Stardust to First Cells The Origin and Evolution of Early Life /

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Hlavní autor: Chatterjee, Sankar (Autor)
Korporativní autor: SpringerLink (Online service)
Shrnutí:XIII, 272 p. 82 illus., 69 illus. in color.
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Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Vydání:1st ed. 2023.
Témata:
On-line přístup:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23397-5
Médium: Elektronický zdroj Kniha
Obsah:
  • Prologue
  • Defining life
  • Origin of life: a model of hierarchical complexity
  • Cosmic connections
  • cradle of life
  • Bioenergetics and primitive metabolism
  • Chemical stage
  • Lipid membrane: encapsulating life
  • The RNA world—reality or dogma? The age of information
  • A code script for life
  • The advent of proteins
  • The virus world in deep time
  • DNA takes over
  • First life
  • Life beyond earth
  • Epilogue.