Interactions of Clay Minerals with Biomolecules and Protocells Complex Structures in the Origin of Life: A Review
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202406210
Abstract: The origin of life (OoL) has always been a mysterious and challenging topic that puzzles human beings. Clay minerals have unique properties and wide distribution in early Earth environments. They can not only adsorb biological… read more here.
Keywords: biomolecules protocells; minerals biomolecules; origin life; protocells complex ... See more keywords
The Origin of Life: Models and Data
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DOI: 10.1007/s00239-017-9783-y
Abstract: A general framework for conventional models of the origin of life (OOL) is the specification of a ‘privileged function.’ A privileged function is an extant biological function that is excised from its biological context, elevated… read more here.
Keywords: privileged function; origin life; worlds privileged; universal gene ... See more keywords
Bio-mediated CN cycling in serpentinites and the origin of life
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-04161-7
Abstract: Hydrogen-rich, high pH conditions associated with serpentinisation are fundamental to some theories of the origin of life on Earth and other planets. In these theories, the first life formed in hydrothermal vents from organic compounds… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; origin life; carbon nitrogen; life ... See more keywords
Homochirality and chiral-induced spin selectivity: A new spin on the origin of life
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210505119
Abstract: The fundamental questions of “Where do we come from?” and “How did life begin?” date back millennia. Yet, the scientific community still seeks to understand abiogenesis, the origin of life. It is now generally agreed… read more here.
Keywords: homochirality; origin life; spin; life ... See more keywords
Coevolution of reproducers and replicators at the origin of life and the conditions for the origin of genomes
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2301522120
Abstract: There are two fundamentally distinct but inextricably linked types of biological evolutionary units, reproducers and replicators. Reproducers are cells and organelles that reproduce via various forms of division and maintain the physical continuity of compartments… read more here.
Keywords: reproducers replicators; origin life; genetic elements; division ... See more keywords
Development and validation of the Perspective Scale on the Origin of Life and Biodiversity (PSOLB)
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DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2024.2420013
Abstract: ABSTRACT Developing and validating a perspective scale of a student’s acceptance or rejection of the evolution and abiogenesis theories regarding the origin of life and biodiversity is potentially significant, particularly considering the importance of these… read more here.
Keywords: origin life; development validation; perspective scale; life biodiversity ... See more keywords
Urability: A Property of Planetary Bodies That Can Support an Origin of Life.
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DOI: 10.1089/ast.2021.0173
Abstract: The concept of habitability is now widely used to describe zones in a solar system in which planets with liquid water can sustain life. Because habitability does not explicitly incorporate the origin of life, this… read more here.
Keywords: urability property; planetary bodies; bodies support; origin life ... See more keywords
Origin of life: protoribosome forms peptide bonds and links RNA and protein dominated worlds
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DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac052
Abstract: Abstract Although the mode of action of the ribosomes, the multi-component universal effective protein-synthesis organelles, has been thoroughly explored, their mere appearance remained elusive. Our earlier comparative structural studies suggested that a universal internal small… read more here.
Keywords: protoribosome; origin life; life protoribosome; life ... See more keywords
The origin of life, “the World of RNA,” and the problem of antibiotic resistance
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DOI: 10.1134/s1019331617060065
Abstract: The studies of the Nobel laureate in Chemistry S. Altman changed the established scientific idea about RNA solely as a carrier of genetic information. Altman discovered the catalytic properties of RNA, which provided new opportunities… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; origin life; rna; chemistry ... See more keywords
On the origin of life: an RNA-focused synthesis and narrative.
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DOI: 10.1261/rna.079598.123
Abstract: Darwin's assertion that "it is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life" (quoted from Peretó et al. 2009) is no longer valid. By synthesizing origin of life (OoL) research from its inception to… read more here.
Keywords: synthesis; origin life; life; rna world ... See more keywords
Creating a foundation for origin of life outreach: How scientists relate to their field, the public, and religion
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282243
Abstract: Origins of life research is particularly challenging to communicate because of the tension between its many disciplines and its nearness to traditionally philosophical or religious questions. To authentically represent scientists’ perspective in a museum exhibition,… read more here.
Keywords: foundation origin; religion; origin life; life ... See more keywords