Prebiotic Chemistry and Chemical Evolution of Nucleic Acids
The origin of life is one of the biggest unsolved scientific questions. This book deals with the formation and first steps of the chemical evolution of nucleic acids, including the chemical roots behind the origin of their components from the simplest sources in a geochemical context. Chemical evolu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Nucleobases on the primitive Earth: their sources and stabilities
- 2. Condensation and decomposition of nucleotides in simulated hydrothermal fields
- 3. Mineral-Organic Interactions in Prebiotic Synthesis. The Discontinuous Synthesis Model for the Formation of RNA in Naturally Complex Geological Environments
- 4. From the dawn of Organic Chemistry to Astrobiology: urea as a foundational component in the origin of nucleobases and nucleotides
- 5. Searching for possible ancestors of RNA: The self-assembly hypothesis for the origin of proto-RNA
- 6. The origin of the ionized linker: Geochemical predestination for phosphate?
- 7. Template-directed replication of nucleic acids mediated by viscous environments
- 8. Folding and catalysis near life’s origin: support for Fe2+ as a dominant divalent cation
- 9. Connections between mathematical models of prebiotic evolution and homochirality
- 10. Network theory in Prebiotic Evolution