The first steps of life [electronic resource] / coordinated by Ernesto Di Mauro
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- Biology. Xenobiology, exobiology, astrobiology, origins of life
- 出版： London, UK :Hoboken, NJ : ISTE, Ltd. ;Wiley 2024
- 叢書名： Biology. Xenobiology, exobiology, astrobiology, origins of life
- 主題： Life--Origin. , Exobiology.
- ISBN： 9781394264155 (electronic bk. : oBook) 、 1394264151 (electronic bk. : oBook)
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- 一般註：E1131學校採購Wiley再生醫學套裝電子書 Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction xi Ernesto DI MAURO -- Chapter 1 The Emergence of Life-Nurturing Conditions in the Universe 1 Juan VLADILO -- 1.1 Defining properties of life -- 1.1.1 Implications of the defining properties -- 1.2 Life-supporting conditions and environments -- 1.2.1 Chemical ingredients -- 1.2.2 Physical conditions -- 1.2.3 Habitable worlds -- 1.3 Setting the stage for chemistry and life in the Universe -- 1.3.1 Births of the laws of chemistry -- 1.3.2 Production of chemical elements -- 1.3.3 Assemblage of prebiotic molecules -- 1.3.4 Origin of water -- 1.3.5 Appearance of rocky planets -- 1.4 The habitable Universe -- 1.4.1 Circumstellar habitable zones -- 1.4.2 Galactic habitable zones -- 1.5 Planetary environments suitable for the origin of life -- 1.5.1 Abiogenesis on planetary surfaces -- 1.5.2 Abiogenesis in the oceans -- 1.5.3 Implications for the search for life outside Earth -- 1.6 The quest for inhabited worlds -- 1.7 References -- Chapter 2 Chirality and the Origins of Life 31 Guillaume LESEIGNEUR and Uwe MEIERHENRICH -- 2.1 Introduction to chirality -- 2.2 The asymmetry of life -- 2.3 The origin of homochirality -- 2.3.1 Stochastic theories -- 2.3.2 Deterministic theories -- 2.4 Space missions and the search for life and its origins -- 2.4.1 Rosetta -- 2.4.2 ExoMars -- 2.5 References -- Chapter 3 The Role of Formamide in Prebiotic Chemistry 55 Raffaele SALADINO, Giovanna COSTANZO and Bruno Mattia BIZZARRI -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Effect of minerals and self-organization in the prebiotic chemistry of formamide -- 3.2.1 Surface catalysis and geochemical scenarios -- 3.2.2 Chemomimesis, circularity and thermodynamic niches -- 3.2.3 Nucleosides phosphorylation -- 3.3 Continuity and mineral complexity -- 3.4 Energy-driven selectivity -- 3.5 References -- Chapter 4 A Praise of Imperfection: Emergence and Evolution of Metabolism 79 Juli PERETÃ" -- 4.1 From Darwin to Jacob: perfection does not exist -- 4.2 Protometabolic networks -- 4.3 Enzyme promiscuity an
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Origin of Life studies have a nearly-impossible goal: understanding nature through the comprehension of its origins and its complexities. As a growing field with poorly-defined borders, Origin of Life studies profit from progress in other disciplines. This book proposes both an overview of this large area and an in-depth look at the opinions and results obtained by some of the active contributors of this fascinating and deeply thought-provoking matter. The topics are presented in a bottom-up order, first touching on the habitability of the universe, then the rationale behind meaningful prebiotic chemistry, the possible or probable prebiotic chemical frames, the problem of chirality, and moving on through the role of minerals in biogenesis, biogenic fertile environments, the in-and-out problem as solved by vesicles physics, the evolution of the codes, the structure of LUCA and its proto metabolisms and the meaning of complex extant biological biomorphs, as exemplified by viroids. These topics and the reasoning within the chapters are provided against the backdrop of the evolution of information and complexity