Looking for the primordial genetic honeycomb

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 493-499

  Gallori, Enzo ^a   Biondi, Elisa ^a   Branciamore, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Clay nucleic acid complexes; Early genetic material; Prebiotic evolution; Surface mediated origin of genetic material

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; NUCLEIC ACID;

CLAY MINERAL; EARLY EARTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 33846414371     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9054-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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