Life as a cosmic imperative?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1936, 2011, Pages 620-623

  De Duve, Christian ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extra terrestrial life; Natural selection; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL LIFE; NATURAL SELECTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; TWO STAGE;

RNA;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC SELECTION; LIFE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79951976845     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0312     Document Type: Review

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