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Genesis - In The Beginning

Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Joseph Seckbach

    1. University of Jerusalem, Efrat, Israel

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  • Genesis and evolution of Life with chemical, geological and biological data in one volume
  • The book covers several aspects of Life on Earth and on Solar system and beyond
  • The authors are competent and experts in their fields and present updated data from their research

Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 22)

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxix
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  2. Chemical Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. CHEMICAL EVOLUTION

    1. The Prebiotic Chemistry of Alternative Nucleic Acids

      • H. James Cleaves II, Jeffrey L. Bada
      Pages 3-33

    2. Cooptive Evolution of Prebiotic Chemical Networks

      • Chrisantha Fernando, Vera Vasas
      Pages 35-53

    3. Origin and Evolution of Self-Replicating Polymers on Mineral Habitats

      • Enzo Gallori, Sergio Branciamore
      Pages 55-66

    4. Mathematical Models of Prebiotic Replication of Informational Molecules

      • Kelley Harris, Irene A. Chen
      Pages 67-88

    5. Life Without Carbon

      • Rob Hengeveld
      Pages 89-106

    6. [GADV]-Protein World Hypothesis on the Origin of Life

      • Kenji Ikehara
      Pages 107-121

    7. Reality of the Emergence of Life-Like Systems from Simple Prebiotic Polymers on Primitive Earth

      • Kunio Kawamura
      Pages 123-144

    8. The Photobiological Regime in the Very Early Earth and the Emergence of Life

      • Osmel Martín, Liuba Peñate, Rolando Cárdenas, J. E. Horvath
      Pages 145-155

    9. Prebiotic Formation of Peptides: A Markov Chain Approach

      • F. G. Mosqueira, Alicia Negrón-Mendoza, Sergio Ramos-Bernal, Carlos Polanco-Gonzalez
      Pages 157-169

    10. Atomic Structural Templates of the Earliest Life on Earth: Vibration and Lightning Experiments with Quartz and Amino Acids

      • Maciej Pawlikowski
      Pages 171-177

    11. The Chemical Evolution in Open Space: A Link to the Origin of Life

      • Michael Simakov
      Pages 179-200

    12. The Prebiotic Chemistry of Nitrogen and the Origin of Life

      • David P. Summers
      Pages 201-216

  4. The Role of Physics and Geophysics in the Origin and Evolution of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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  5. THE ROLE OF PHYSICS AND GEOPHYSICS IN THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE

    1. Moving “Far from Equilibrium” in a Prebiotic Environment: The Role of Maxwell’s Demon in Life Origin

      • David L. Abel
      Pages 219-236

    2. Life from Interface

      • Katsuhiko Ariga, Gary J. Richards, Jonathan P. Hill
      Pages 237-252

    3. Breaking the Paradigm: The Pattern of Life

      • Tom Barbalet
      Pages 253-266

    4. Cyberbiogenesis and the EvoGrid: A Twenty-First Century Grand Challenge

      • Bruce Damer, Peter Newman, Ryan Norkus, John Graham, Richard Gordon, Tom Barbalet
      Pages 267-288

    5. Constructive Approaches for the Origin of Life

      • Norikazu Ichihashi, Tomoaki Matsuura, Hiroshi Kita, Takeshi Sunami, Hiroaki Suzuki, Tetsuya Yomo
      Pages 289-303
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Genesis – In The Beginning deals with the origin and diversity of Life and early biological evolution and discusses the question of where (hot or cold sources) and when the beginning of Life took place. Among the sections are chapters dealing with prebiotic chemical processes and considering self-replication of polymers in mineral habitats. One chapter is dedicated to the photobiological regime on early Earth and the emergence of Life. This volume covers the role of symmetry, information and order (homochrial biomolecules) in the beginning of Life. The models of protocells and the genetic code with gene transfer are important topics in this volume. Three chapters discuss the Panspermia hypothesis (to answer “Are we from outer Space?”). Other chapters cover the Astrobiological aspects of Life in the Universe in extraterrestrial Planets of the Solar System and deal with cometary hydrosphere (and its connection to Earth). We conclude with the history and frontiers of Astrobiogy.

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  • University of Jerusalem, Efrat, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

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