Reprint

Origin of Life in Chemically Complex Messy Environments

Edited by
February 2024
288 pages
  • ISBN978-3-7258-0178-7 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-7258-0177-0 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Origin of Life in Chemically Complex Messy Environments that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

This is a collection of original research articles, reviews, communications, opinions, hypotheses, and concept papers summarizing advances related to the origin of life in various complex chemical and prebiotically feasible environments.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
messy environments; order; complexity; function; selection; origin of life; GADV hypothesis; origin of life; protein 0th-order structure; origin of protein; [GADV]-microsphere; origin of gene: the core life system; origin of life; complex chemical systems; prebiotic chemistry; ocean trenches; prions; origin of life; messy conditions; laboratory simulations; prebiotic evolution; natural selection; selection; cycles; chemical ecosystems; chemical environments; chemical ecosystems; ultraviolet light; dark; heat; cold; freezing; drying; wetting; phosphorus; early Earth; origin of life; meteorites; phosphides; phosphite; origin of life; chemical evolution; reaction microenvironments; physical chemistry; geochemistry; microfluidic devices; prebiotic chemistry; hydrothermal vents; mineral membranes; cellular compartmentalization; komatiite; amino acids; adsorption; concentration mechanism; prebiotic chemistry; chemical evolution; sugar-like compound synthesis; hydrothermal systems; origin of life; population of microorganisms; hydrothermal system; oscillations in parameters; prebiotic microsystem; stress; prebiotic chemistry; “dirty experiments”; ATP; cAMP; amino acids; peptides; sugars; fatty acids; steroids; chemical ecology; sea water; minerals; origin of life; search for extraterrestrial life; prebiotic chemistry; abiosignatures; nonenzymatic reactions; astrobiology; proline; XPS; infrared; prebiotic chemistry; mineral surfaces; montmorillonite; olivine; haematite; iron disulphides; spectroscopies; phosphite; phosphorus; organophosphorus compounds; origin of life; condensed phosphates; condensation; phosphorylation; wet–dry cycles