From Stardust to First Cells The Origin and Evolution of Early Life /
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| Summary: | XIII, 272 p. 82 illus., 69 illus. in color. text |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2023.
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| Udgivelse: | 1st ed. 2023. |
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| Online adgang: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23397-5 |
| Format: | Electronisk Bog |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- 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.