Primordial Ocean Chemistry and its Compatibility with the RNA World

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 553-558

  Kua, Jeremy ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early ocean chemistry; RNA stability

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; RIBOSE; RNA;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; EARLY EARTH; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MONOSACCHARIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PH; RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME; PH; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

BIOGENESIS; CYTOSINE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; HALF-LIFE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIBOSE; RNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857917768     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9250-5     Document Type: Article

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