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Influence of Abiotic Factors in the Chemical Origin of Life: Biomorphs as a Study Model

[Image: see text] Since the formation of the Earth, minerals have been the key to understanding how life originated. It is suggested that life arose from minerals; they are considered to favor the formation and replication of biomolecules. In conjunction with minerals, the abiotic factors of the Pre...

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Autor principal: Cuéllar-Cruz, Mayra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8028008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33842747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c00497
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description [Image: see text] Since the formation of the Earth, minerals have been the key to understanding how life originated. It is suggested that life arose from minerals; they are considered to favor the formation and replication of biomolecules. In conjunction with minerals, the abiotic factors of the Precambrian era enabled the origin, development, and maintenance of life. To explain and understand the chemical origin of life, theories have been postulated for decades, and some of them have gone from mere postulates to evidence that have contributed to science in this direction. Several research groups have developed study models elucidating which could have been the first forms of life; in this sense, calcium, barium, or strontium silica carbonates have been synthesized in vitro to emulate morphologies of organisms. Aimed at understanding better the influence of abiotic factors in the formation of different chemical structures, the importance of the different types of physical and chemical abiotic factors in the origin of life are reviewed, as well as their influence on the morphology of biomorphs.
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spelling pubmed-80280082021-04-09 Influence of Abiotic Factors in the Chemical Origin of Life: Biomorphs as a Study Model Cuéllar-Cruz, Mayra ACS Omega [Image: see text] Since the formation of the Earth, minerals have been the key to understanding how life originated. It is suggested that life arose from minerals; they are considered to favor the formation and replication of biomolecules. In conjunction with minerals, the abiotic factors of the Precambrian era enabled the origin, development, and maintenance of life. To explain and understand the chemical origin of life, theories have been postulated for decades, and some of them have gone from mere postulates to evidence that have contributed to science in this direction. Several research groups have developed study models elucidating which could have been the first forms of life; in this sense, calcium, barium, or strontium silica carbonates have been synthesized in vitro to emulate morphologies of organisms. Aimed at understanding better the influence of abiotic factors in the formation of different chemical structures, the importance of the different types of physical and chemical abiotic factors in the origin of life are reviewed, as well as their influence on the morphology of biomorphs. American Chemical Society 2021-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8028008/ /pubmed/33842747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c00497 Text en © 2021 The Author. Published by American Chemical Society Permits non-commercial access and re-use, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained; but does not permit creation of adaptations or other derivative works (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Influence of Abiotic Factors in the Chemical Origin of Life: Biomorphs as a Study Model
title_sort influence of abiotic factors in the chemical origin of life: biomorphs as a study model
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8028008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33842747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c00497
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