6 Ottobre 2006

Conditions for the emergence of life on the early Earth

Tutti i temi oggetto di studio sono toccati: il mezzo interstellare incubatore della vita, la drammatica formazione del pianeta, la chimica e il clima terrestre, il mondo primitivo dell’RNA, il mondo prebiotico. Un affascinante e rigoroso viaggio alla scoperta dell’origine della vita sulla terra. Paolo Coccia Special Issue. Discussion Meeting Issue ‘Conditions for the emergence of life on the early […]

Tutti i temi oggetto di studio sono toccati: il mezzo interstellare incubatore della vita, la drammatica formazione del pianeta, la chimica e il clima terrestre, il mondo primitivo dell'RNA, il mondo prebiotico. Un affascinante e rigoroso viaggio alla scoperta dell'origine della vita sulla terra.

Paolo Coccia

Special Issue. Discussion Meeting Issue 'Conditions for the emergence of life on the early Earth' organized by S. Leach, I. Smith and C. Cockell. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Vol. 361, N. 1474, pp. 1675-1891October 29, 2006
Sommario
Introduction: conditions for the emergence of life on the early Earth. Sydney Leach, Ian W.M. Smith, Charles S. Cockell (questa introduzione è liberamente accessibile)
The prebiotic molecules observed in the interstellar gas. P. Thaddeus
Prebiotic materials from on and off the early Earth. Max Bernstein
The carbon cycle on early Earth—and on Mars? Monica M. Grady and Ian Wright
Searching for signatures of life on Mars: an Fe-isotope perspective. M. Anand, S.S. Russell, R.L. Blackhurst, et al.
Physical conditions on the early Earth. Jonathan I. Lunine
Atmospheric composition and climate on the early Earth. James F. Kasting and M. Tazewell Howard
Phosphorus in prebiotic chemistry. Alan W. Schwartz
Transcription and translation in an RNA world. William R. Taylor
The origin of replicators and reproducers. Eörs Szathmáry
Montmorillonite-catalysed formation of RNA oligomers: the possible role of catalysis in the origins of life. James P. Ferris
From volcanic origins of chemoautotrophic life to Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. Günter Wächtershäuser
Self-assembly processes in the prebiotic environment. David Deamer, Sara Singaram, Sudha Rajamani, et al.
Early anaerobic metabolisms. Don E. Canfield, Minik T. Rosing, Christian Bjerrum
The origin and emergence of life under impact bombardment. Charles S. Cockell
Implications of a 3.472–3.333Gyr-old subaerial microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa for the UV environmental conditions on the early Earth. Frances Westall, Cornel E.J. de Ronde, Gordon Southam, et al.
Conditions for the emergence of life on the early Earth: summary and reflections. Joshua Jortner