ABSTRACT

With the accelerating pace of genomic analysis and space exploration, the field of prebiotic evolution and astrobiology is poised for a century of unprecedented advances ahead, and there is a need for textbooks for students. The authors of this book, aware of the difficulty of covering the multifaceted subject by any single author, have decided to

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|8 pages

The Minimal Cell

chapter 5|8 pages

Comets and Astrobiology

chapter 8|8 pages

The Primitive Earth

chapter 9|11 pages

Biomolecules

chapter 11|7 pages

Ribozymes and the Evolution of Metabolism

chapter 13|4 pages

Split Genes, Ancestral Genes

chapter 14|10 pages

Genetic Code

chapter 15|25 pages

Root of Life