LEADER 04067nam 22006735 450 001 9910409689603321 005 20220429110443.0 010 $a3-030-45381-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-45381-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000011279756 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6221630 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-45381-7 035 $a(PPN)248598198 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011279756 100 $a20200605d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe First Cell $eThe Mystery Surrounding the Beginning of Life /$fby Ulrich C. Schreiber, Christian Mayer 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (186 pages) 311 $a3-030-45380-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Global Requirements -- The Narrower General Conditions: Chemistry, Physics and Physical Chemistry?We Can't Live Without Them -- Really Helpful: A Brief Outline of What Happens in Biological Cells Today -- The Previous Models: Sighting the Great Nebula -- The RNA world: A Beginning with a Very Special Molecule? -- The New Model: Hydrothermal Systems in the Early Continental Crust -- A Hypothetical Approach: Hydrothermal Systems in the Early Continental Crust -- Life = Order + Complexity -- After LUCA: What Happened Next?. 330 $aThis book introduces a fresh perspective on the conditions for the genesis of the first cell. An important possible environment of the prehistoric Earth has long been overlooked as a host to the perfect biochemical conditions for this process. The first complexes of continental crust on the early Earth must have already contained systems of interconnected cracks and cavities, which were filled with volatiles like water, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. This book offers insights into how these conditions may have provided the ideal physical and chemical setting for the formation of protocells and early stages of life. The authors support their hypothesis with a number of astonishing findings from laboratory experiments focusing on a variety of organic compounds, and on the formation of key cellular ingredients and of primitive cell-like structures. Moreover, they discuss the principles of prebiotic evolution regarding the aspects of order and complexity. Guiding readers through various stages of hypotheses and re-created evolutionary processes, the book is enriched with personal remarks and experiences throughout, reflecting the authors' personal quest to solve the mystery surrounding the first cell. 606 $aBiochemistry 606 $aLife sciences 606 $aGeology 606 $aCell physiology 606 $aBiochemistry, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L14005 606 $aPopular Life Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q25000 606 $aGeology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17002 606 $aCell Physiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L33010 606 $aCiències de la vida$2thub 606 $aCèl·lules$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aBiochemistry. 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 0$aGeology. 615 0$aCell physiology. 615 14$aBiochemistry, general. 615 24$aPopular Life Sciences. 615 24$aGeology. 615 24$aCell Physiology. 615 7$aCiències de la vida 615 7$aCèl·lules 676 $a577 700 $aSchreiber$b Ulrich C$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0946970 702 $aMayer$b Christian$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910409689603321 996 $aThe First Cell$92139471 997 $aUNINA