1. Polymers produced by heating an amino acid mixture in sea water enriched with transition elements

   • Hiroyuki Okihana
   • Fujio Egami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 180

2. Asymmetrical radical formation in D- and L-alanines irradiated with yttrium-90β-rays

   • Mitsuhiko Akaboshi
   • Masato Noda
   • Keizo Kawamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 186

3. Mirror symmetry breaking in biochemical evolution

   • Leonid Morozov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 217

4. On the physical origin of biological handedness

   • Kornel L. Kovacs

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 233

5. An ultraviolet light induced bacteriophage inBeneckea gazogenes

   • Mitchell Rambler
   • Lynn Margulis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 240

6. Solar-driven chemical energy source for a Martian biota

   • Benton C. Clark

   OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 249

7. Some comments on interpretations of Viking biological experiments

   • S. I. Aksyonov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 256

8. Book review

   • Joel S. Levine

   BookReview Pages: 257 - 258