The origin of life: What we know, what we can know and what we will never know

Open Biology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Pross, Addy ^a   Pascal, Robert ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Abiogenesis; Dynamic kinetic stability; Origin of life; Systems chemistry

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EARTH (PLANET); KINETICS;

EID: 84877788675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120190     Document Type: Review

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