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Origins and evolution of life : an astrobiological perspective /
"Devoted to exploring questions about the origin and evolution of life in our Universe, this highly interdisciplinary book brings together a broad array of scientists. Thirty chapters assembled in eight major sections convey the knowledge accumulated and the richness of the debates generated by...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge astrobiology ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. What Is Life?: 1. Problems raised by a definition of life / M. Morange; 2. Some remarks about uses of cosmological anthropic 'principles' // D. Lambert; 3. Minimal cell: the biologist point of view / C. Brochier-Armanet; 4. Minimal cell: the computer scientist point of view / H. Bersini; 5. Origins of life: computing and simulation approaches / B. Billoud
- Part II. Astronomical and Geophysical Context of the Emergence of Life: 6. Organic molecules in interstellar medium / C. Ceccarelli, J. Cernicharo; 7. Cosmochemical evolution and the origin of life: insights from meteorites / S. Pizzarello; 8. Astronomical constraints on the emergence of life / M. Gounelle, T. Montmerle; 9. Formation of habitable planets / J. Chambers; 10. The concept of galactic habitable zone / N. Prantzos; 11. The young Sun and its influence on planetary atmospheres / M. Güdel, J. Kasting; 12. Climates of the earth / G. Ramstein
- Part III. The Role of Water in the Emergence of Life: 13. Liquid water: a necessary condition to all forms of life / K. Bartik, G. Bruylants, E. Locci, J. Reisse; 14. The role of water in the formation and evolution of planets / T. Encrenaz; 15. Water on Mars / J.-P. Bibring
- Part IV. From Non-Living Systems to Life: 16. Energetic constraints on prebiotic pathways: application to the emergence of translation / R. Pascal, L. Boiteau; 17. Comparative genomics and early cell evolution / A. Lazcano; 18. Origin and evolution of metabolisms / J. Peretó
- Part V. Mechanisms for Life Evolution: 19. Molecular phylogeny: inferring the patterns of evolution / E. Douzery; 20. Horizontal gene transfer: mechanisms and evolutionary consequences / D. Moreira; 21. The role of symbiosis in eukaryotic evolution / A. Latorre, A. Durbán, A. Moya, J. Peretó
- Part VI. Life in Extreme Conditions: 22. Life in extreme conditions: Deinococcus radiodurans, an organism able to survive prolonged desiccation and high doses of ionising radiation / M. Toueille, S. Sommer ; 23. Molecular effects of UV and ionizing radiations on DNA / J. Cadet, T. Douki; 24. Molecular adaptations to life at high salt: lessons from Haloarcula marismortui / G. Zaccai
- Part VII. Traces of Life and Biosignatures: 25. Early life: nature, distribution and evolution / F. Westall; 26. Early eukaryotes in precambrian oceans / E. Javaux; 27. Biomineralisation mechanisms / K. Benzerara, J. Miot; 28. Limits of life and biosphere: lesson from detection of microorganisms in deep sea and deep subsurface in the earth / K. Takai
- Part VIII. Life Elsewhere?: 29. Titan and the Cassini-Huygens mission / F. Raulin, J. Lunine; 30. The role of terrestrial analogue environments in astrobiology / R. Léveillé.