The forgotten dispute: A.I. Oparin and H.J. Muller on the origin of life

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-390

  Falk, Raphael ^a,b   Lazcano, Antonio ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coacervates; Heterotrophic origin of life; Life as autocatalytic replicative genes; NeoDarwinism; Prebiotic evolution; Primordial DNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RUSSIA; UNITED STATES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84870808895     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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