Origins and Evolution of Life
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This cluster of papers explores the origin of life and prebiotic chemistry, focusing on topics such as the RNA World, prebiotic chemistry in hydrothermal vents, the emergence of chirality, the formation of protocells, early metabolism, and the conditions on early Earth. It also delves into autocatalytic processes, nucleic acid synthesis, and astrobiology.
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origin of life; prebiotic chemistry; early Earth; chemical evolution; protocells; RNA world; homochirality; evolution of life; self-replication; origin of homochirality; prebiotic synthesis; prebiotic evolution; early Earth atmosphere; abiotic synthesis; origin of the genetic code; nature of life; last universal common ancestor; panspermia; self-replicating systems; Miller-Urey experiment; origin of metabolism; early Earth conditions; formose reaction; RNA self-replication; autocatalytic sets
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Morton address: 36253099547848319 · morton4x16-v1
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