Why exobiology on Mars?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1435-1440

  Brack, A ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; WATER;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXOBIOLOGY; MARS; METEOROIDS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RNA; WATER;

EID: 0030274679     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(96)00027-x     Document Type: Article

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