From a soup or a seed? Pyritic metabolic complexes in the origin of life

被引：14

作者：

Edwards, MR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Toronto, Sci & Med Lib, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5, Canada

来源：

TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION | 1998年 / 13卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01317-7

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

In the classical 'prebiotic soup' model of the origin of life, biomolecules are seen arising abiotically on the Earth and then Interacting randomly in solution to form proto-cells. This model has encountered increasing difficulties, however, and recently several alternatives have keen proposed. In some of these models, it is postulated that proto-cells evolved from simple biomolecular complexes originally attached to mineral surfaces, especially those of pyrite. The subsequent evolution of these complexes has been likened to embryonic development.

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