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Molecular Evolution

Prebiological and Biological

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  • © 1972

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Editors:
  1. Duane L. Rohlfing

    1. Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

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  2. A. I. Oparin

    1. A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Molecular Evolution and Sidney W. Fox

    1. Molecular Evolution and Sidney W. Fox

      • A. I. Oparin, D. L. Rohlfing
      Pages 1-5

  3. History and Scope

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Origin of Life Problem--A Brief Critique

      • John Keosian
      Pages 9-21

    3. Origins

      • J. Lawrence Fox
      Pages 23-34

    4. Evolution of Levels of Evolution

      • Thomas O. Fox
      Pages 35-42

    5. Space Exploration and the Origin of Life

      • Richard S. Young
      Pages 43-65

    6. On Recognising Life

      • N. W. Pirie
      Pages 67-76

  4. Thermodynamic and Philosophical Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. A Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamical Analysis of the Origin of Life

      • Ronald Forrest Fox
      Pages 79-99

    3. Thermodynamics of Self Assembly: An Empirical Example Relating Entropy and Evolution

      • John R. Jungck
      Pages 101-109

    4. The Evolutionary Paradox and Biological Stability

      • Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
      Pages 111-112

    5. Chance in Evolution--Some Philosophical Remarks

      • Linus Pauling, Emile Zuckerkandl
      Pages 113-126

  5. Micromolecules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. The Sources of Phosphorus on the Primitive Earth--An Inquiry

      • Alan W. Schwartz
      Pages 129-140

    3. Abiogenic Formation of Porphin, Chlorin and Bacteriochlorin

      • A. A. Krasnovsky, A. V. Umrikhina
      Pages 141-150

    4. An Investigation of the Possible Differential Radiolysis of Amino Acid Optical Isomers by 14C Betas

      • William J. Bernstein, Richard M. Lemmon, Melvin Calvin
      Pages 151-155

    5. Synthesis of Glutamic Acid via Cyanoethylation of N-Acylaminoacetonitriles in Liquid Ammonia

      • Kaoru Harada, Tadashi Okawara
      Pages 157-168

  6. Macromolecules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Prebiotic Evolution

      • J. C. Lacey Jr., D. W. Mullins Jr.
      Pages 171-188
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About this book

Formuch of his professional career, Sidney W. Fox has devoted his thought and research to studies of molecular evolution. MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: PREBIOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL is a dedicatory vol­ ume of thirty-five contributed papers commemorating, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, his many achievements. The volume had its conception in the USSR (by AIO), had much of its development in the USA (by DLR) , and was made possible by the enthusi­ astic responses and enc·ouragements of fifty-eight contributors from ten nations and many disciplines. These numbers connote not only the es­ teem in which S. W. Fox is regarded, but also the international and in­ terdisciplinary nature of studies of molecular evolution. The term "molecular evolution" is often associated with abiotic or prebiotic evolution; it is also used to denote processes of biotic evolu­ tion at the molecular level. The point of merger of these two sub-areas, at "life," represents but one stage (albeit a very important one) in the total process of the evolution of matter, from hydrogen to Homo sapiens and beyond. This volume considers aspects of molecular evolution in this broader sense. Accordingly, the contributors include persons ex­ perienced in the prebiological and also the biological aspects of molecu­ lar evolution; several "outside" viewpoints are provided by persons whose principal interests lie in other diSCiplines. The contributions are both experimental and theoretical.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

    Duane L. Rohlfing

  • A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

    A. I. Oparin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Evolution

  • Book Subtitle: Prebiological and Biological

  • Editors: Duane L. Rohlfing, A. I. Oparin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2019-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2021-0Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2019-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 482

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Evolutionary Biology

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