Assembly theory (AT) aims to distinguish living from non-living systems by explaining and quantifying selection and evolution.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Status Report
Amino Acid Analogues Provide Multiple Plausible Pathways To Prebiotic Peptides
Prebiotic peptide synthesis has consistently been a prominent topic within the field of the origin of life.
Posted inBiophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
Self-generating Autocatalytic Networks: Structural Results, Algorithms And Their Relevance To Early Biochemistry
The concept of an autocatalytic network of reactions that can form and persist, starting from just an available food source, has been formalized by the notion of a reflexively autocatalytic […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
Looking at The Limits for Life
Biological processes on the Earth operate within a parameter space that is constrained by physical and chemical extremes.