The emergence of life : from chemical origins to synthetic biology /

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Uniquely combining biology and philosophy, this book offers a systematic course in the emergence of life from inanimate matter through to cellular life. With review questions included, this book will appeal to graduate students, academics and researchers in the field of the origin of life and other...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Luisi, P. L.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2006.
Sujets:
Life > Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
Vie > Origines.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Chemische Evolution
Entstehung
Evolution
Leben
Oorsprong.
Aminozuren.
Biomoleculen.
Zelforganiserende systemen.
Celbiologie.
Replicatie (biochemie)
Compartimenten.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Conceptual framework of research on the origin of life on earth
  • Approaches to the definitions of life
  • Selection in prebiotic chemistry: why this ... and not that?
  • The bottle neck: macromolecular sequences
  • Self-organization
  • The notion of emergence
  • Self-replication and self-reproduction
  • Autopoiesis: the logic of cellular life
  • Compartments
  • Reactivity and transformation of vesicles
  • Approaches to the minimal cell.

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