Theoretical origin of life: overview (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Tuesday, March 04, 2014, 00:24 (3677 days ago) @ David Turell

More approaches:-http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39192/title/Let-There-Be-Life/-Life got complex very early. How?-"Sitting at the base of the three-domain tree is our last universal common ancestor (LUCA). What researchers can say today about the makeup of LUCA is a direct result of the availability of gene sequences from so many species. Aaron Goldman writes that "LUCA is not [Darwin's] 'primordial form,' but rather a sophisticated cellular organism that, if alive today, would probably be difficult to distinguish from other extant bacteria or archaea.'"


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