Keywords:
Biogenesis.
;
Evolution, Molecular.
;
RNA.
;
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
With the accelerating pace of genomic analysis and space exploration, the field of prebiotic evolution and astrobiology is poised for a century of unprecedented advances ahead, and there is a need for textbooks for students. The authors of this book, aware of the difficulty of covering the multifaceted subject by any single author, have decided to.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (160 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781587064135
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=445413
DDC:
576.8/3
Language:
English
Note:
COVER. Prebiotic Evolution and Astrobiology -- TITLE PAGE -- Copyright © 2009 Landes Bioscience -- DEDICATION -- ABOUT THE EDITORS... JEFFREY TZE-FEI WONG and ANTONIO LAZCANO -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. The Minimal Cell -- CHAPTER 3. Planetary Astrobiology-The Outer Solar System -- CHAPTER 4. Mars, the Astrobiological Target of the 21st Century? -- CHAPTER 5. Comets and Astrobiology -- CHAPTER 6. Meteorites and the Chemistry That Preceded Life's Origin -- CHAPTER 7. Chirality, Homochirality and the Order of Biomolecular Interactions -- CHAPTER 8. The Primitive Earth -- CHAPTER 9. Biomolecules -- CHAPTER 10. The Dawn of the RNA World: RNA Polymerization from Monoribonucleotides under Prebiotically Plausible Conditions -- CHAPTER 11. Ribozymes and the Evolution of Metabolism -- CHAPTER 12. Precellular Evolution: Vesicles and Protocells -- CHAPTER 13. Split Genes, Ancestral Genes -- CHAPTER 14. Genetic Code -- CHAPTER 15. Root of Life -- Appendix 15.1. Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG) in the LUCA Genome -- INDEX -- A-N -- O-W -- BACK COVER.
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