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Reflections on O(2) as a Biosignature in Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Oxygenic photosynthesis is Earth's dominant metabolism, having evolved to harvest the largest expected energy source at the surface of most terrestrial habitable zone planets. Using CO(2) and H(2)O—molecules that are expected to be abundant and widespread on habitable terrestrial planets—oxygen...

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Autor principal: Meadows, Victoria S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28443722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1578