InhaltsangabeEnergy as the Common Denominator: Energetics of the First Life.- A Hypothesis for a Unified Mechanism of Formation and Enantioenrichment of Polyols and Aldaric, Aldonic, Amino, Hydroxy and Sugar Acids in Carbonaceous Chondrites.- On the Origin of Phosphorylated Biomolecules.- Abiotic Photosynthesis: From Prebiotic Chemistry to Metabolism.- Salt-Induced Peptide Formation in Chemical Evolution: Building Blocks before RNA - Potential of Peptide Splicing Reactions.- Scenario of the Primary Pump: Emergence and Operation of an Automatic Engine to Generate Primordial Peptides and Beyond Nucleic Acids.- The Relevance of Peptides that Bind FeS Clusters, Phosphate Groups, Cations or Anions for Prebiotic Evolution.- Peptide-Dominated Vesicles: Bacterial Internal Membrane Compartments as Model Systems for Prebiotic Evolution.- Nicotinamide Coenzyme Synthesis: a Case of Ribonucleotide Emergence or a Byproduct of the RNA World?- On Alternative Biological Scenarios for the Evolutionary Transitions to DNA and Biological Protein Synthesis.- Two RNA Worlds: Toward the Origin of Replication, Genes, Recombination and Repair.- Integrative Perspectives: In Quest of a Coherent Framework for Origins of Life on Earth.

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InhaltsangabeEnergy as the Common Denominator: Energetics of the First Life.- A Hypothesis for a Unified Mechanism of Formation and Enantioenrichment of Polyols and Aldaric, Aldonic, Amino, Hydroxy and Sugar Acids in Carbonaceous Chondrites.- On the Origin of Phosphorylated Biomolecules.- Abiotic Photosynthesis: From Prebiotic Chemistry to Metabolism.- Salt-Induced Peptide Formation in Chemical Evolution: Building Blocks before RNA - Potential of Peptide Splicing Reactions.- Scenario of the Primary Pump: Emergence and Operation of an Automatic Engine to Generate Primordial Peptides and Beyond Nucleic Acids.- The Relevance of Peptides that Bind FeS Clusters, Phosphate Groups, Cations or Anions for Prebiotic Evolution.- Peptide-Dominated Vesicles: Bacterial Internal Membrane Compartments as Model Systems for Prebiotic Evolution.- Nicotinamide Coenzyme Synthesis: a Case of Ribonucleotide Emergence or a Byproduct of the RNA World?- On Alternative Biological Scenarios for the Evolutionary Transitions to DNA and Biological Protein Synthesis.- Two RNA Worlds: Toward the Origin of Replication, Genes, Recombination and Repair.- Integrative Perspectives: In Quest of a Coherent Framework for Origins of Life on Earth.