On question 1: Contingency vs. determinism

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-370

  Norris, Víctor ^a   Delaune, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Composome; Hyperstructure; Molecular complementarity; Prebiotic ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COMPLEMENTARITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 77954933445     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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