Abstract
The formation of biopolymers should have been an essential step for the emergence of lifelike systems on the primitive Earth. RNA and protein-like molecules are considered to have played important roles for the formation of systems to maintain primitive metabolism, replication, and mutation. However, the pathways how a system consisting of these simple biopolymers had evolved to a real lifelike system, which is determined as alive, are still speculative. In this chapter, a realistic system will be deduced on the basis of the analysis of chemical evolution of biopolymers on hydrothermal Earth conditions and the requisite for life.
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Kawamura, K. (2012). Reality of the Emergence of Life-Like Systems from Simple Prebiotic Polymers on Primitive Earth. In: Seckbach, J. (eds) Genesis - In The Beginning. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2941-4_7
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