J. Tze-Fei Wong, Antonio Lazcano

Prebiotic Evolution and Astrobiology (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With the accelerating pace of genomic analysis and space exploration, the field of prebiotic evolution and astrobiology is poised for a century of unprecedented advances ahead, and there is a need for textbooks for students. The authors of this book, aware of the difficulty of covering the multifaceted subject by any single author, have decided to

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040194959
• Artikelnr.: 72524472

Autorenporträt

J. Tze-Fei Wong, PhD, Applied Genomics Center, Fok Ying Tung Graduate School and Department of Biochemistry, Hong Kong Universiry of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China. Antonio Lazcano, PhD, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction2. The Minimal Cell 3. Planetary Astrobiology-The
Outer Solar System 4. Mars, the Astrobiological Target of the 21st Century?
5. Comets and Astrobiology 6. Meteorites and the Chemistry That Preceded
Life's Origin 7. Chirality, Homochirality and the Order of Biomolecular
Interactions 8. The Primitive Earth 9. Biomolecules 10. The Dawn of the RNA
World: RNA Polymerization from Monoribonucleotides under Prebiotically
Plausible Conditions 11. Ribozymes and the Evolution of Metabolism 12.
Precellular Evolution: Vesicles and Protocells 13. Split Genes, Ancestral
Genes 14. Genetic Code 15. Root of Life