Early bioenergetic evolution

Life is the harnessing of chemical energy in such a way that the energy-harnessing device makes a copy of itself. This paper outlines an energetically feasible path from a particular inorganic setting for the origin of life to the first free-living cells. The sources of energy available to early org...

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Main Authors: Sousa, Filipa L., Thiergart, Thorsten, Landan, Giddy, Nelson-Sathi, Shijulal, Pereira, InĂªs A. C., Allen, John F., Lane, Nick, Martin, William F.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3685469/