What history tells us X. Fifty years ago: The beginnings of exobiology

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1083-1087

  Morange, Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Natural selection; Origin of life; Self organization

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA;

EXOBIOLOGY; HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ATOMIC BOMB; BIOGENESIS; CONTAMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 35348813793     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0110-4     Document Type: Review

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