1. Nonenzymatic Template-Directed Condensation of Short-Chained Oligouridylates on a Poly(A) Template

   • Hiroaki Sawai
   • Makoto Wada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 503 - 511

2. Asymmetric Photolysis with Elliptically Polarized Light

   • William A. Bonner
   • Brian D. Bean

   OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 517

3. Synthesizing Oligomers from Monomeric Nucleotides in Simulated Hydrothermal Environments

   • Hiroshi Ogasawara
   • Ayumu Yoshida
   • Koichiro Matsuno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 526

4. Hydrothermal Circulation of Seawater through Hot Vents and Contribution of Interface Chemistry to Prebiotic Synthesis

   • Yoshiaki Ogata
   • Ei-ichi Imai
   • Koichiro Matsuno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 527 - 537

5. Prebiotic Methylation and the Evolution of Methyl Transfer Reactions in Living Cells

   • Thomas G. Waddell
   • Lon L. Eilders
   • Michael Sims

   OriginalPaper Pages: 539 - 548

6. Formation of Peptide Bonds from Metastable versus Crystalline Phase: Implications for the Origin of Life

   • Cristobal Viedma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 549 - 556

7. Abiotic Synthesis of Guanine with High-Temperature Plasma

   • Shin Miyakawa
   • Ken-Ichi Murasawa
   • Akira B. Sawaoka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 557 - 566

8. Fine Structure of Fossilized Bacteria in Volyn Kerite

   • V. M. Gorlenko
   • S. I. Zhmur
   • V. V. Dmitriev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 567 - 577