Did Viking discover life on Mars?

被引:39
作者
Klein, HP [1 ]
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[1] SETI Inst, Mt View, CA 94043 USA
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ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE | 1999年 / 29卷 / 06期
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10.1023/A:1006514327249
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Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A major argument in the claim that life had been discovered during the Viking mission to Mars is that the results obtained in the Labeled Release (LR) experiment are analogous to those observed with terrestrial microorganisms. This assertion is critically examined and found to be implausible.
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