1. Preface

   • John D. Weete

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

2. Chemical evolution, recent syntheses of bioorganic molecules

   • E. Stephen-Sherwood
   • J. Oró

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 31

3. The prospect of life on Jupiter

   • Cyril Ponnamperuma
   • Peter Molton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 44

4. Chemical volatilization as a technique for the detection of extraterrestrial biopolymers and possible metabolic products

   • William Henderson
   • William C. Kray
   • Melvin Calvin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 59

5. Criteria for distinguishing biogenic and abiogenic amino acids — Preliminary considerations

   • Keith A. Kvenvolden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 68

6. A search for porphyrin biomarkers in nonesuch shale and extraterrestrial samples

   • Joon H. Rho
   • A. J. Bauman
   • Teh Fu Yen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 77

7. Effect of lunar materials on plant tissue culture

   • C. H. Walkinshaw
   • S. Venketeswaran
   • R. S. Halliwell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 78 - 89

8. Response of tobacco tissue cultures growing in contact with lunar fines

   • John D. Weete
   • Charles H. Walkinshaw
   • John L. Laseter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 90 - 96

9. The mammalian response to lunar particulates

   • J. Michael Holland
   • Richard C. Simmonds

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 109

10. An experimental basis for carcinogenic effects of ultraviolet radiation

    • Homer S. Black

    OriginalPaper Pages: 110 - 123

11. Active plant growth at freezing temperatures

    • Frank B. Salisbury
    • Steven L. Kimball
    • Manfred Weidner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 124 - 138

12. Результаты и перспективы микроБиологических исследований в космосе

    • Г. П. Парфенов
    • А. А. Лукин

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 159

13. Results and prospects of microbiological studies in outer space

    • G. P. Parfenov
    • A. A. Lukin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 160 - 179

14. Estimating the number of terrestrial organisms on the moon

    • R. T. Dillon
    • W. R. Gavin
    • C. A. Trauth Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 180 - 199

15. The effect of prolonged immobilization on diuresis and water intake in rats

    • Jadwiga Sobocińska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 200 - 203

16. The occurrence of nitrate on the early earth and its role in the evolution of the prokaryotes

    • John B. Hall

    OriginalPaper Pages: 204 - 213

17. Life processes in ammonia: Anomalous germination behavior of onion seed in ammonia and amines

    • Sanford M. Siegel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 214 - 220