Question 7: The first units of life were not simple cells

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 429-432

  Norris, Vic ^a,b   Hunding, Axel ^c   Kepes, Francois ^b   Lancet, Doron ^d   Minsky, Abraham ^d   Raine, Derek ^e   Root Bernstein, Robert ^f   Sriram, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composome; Division; Hyperstructure; Module; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUKARYOTE; GENE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548029171     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9088-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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