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Thermosynthesis — is a mechanism proposed by Anthonie W. J. Muller making use of free energy from temperature gradients for thermodynamically unfavoured anabolic reactions (doi:10.1016/0079 6107(95)00004 7). Such a kind of energy conversion could have played an… … Wikipedia
Abiogenesis — Primordial soup redirects here. For the board game, see Primordial Soup (board game). Origin of life redirects here. For views on the origins of life outside the natural sciences, see Creation myth. Pre Cambrian stromatolites in the Siyeh… … Wikipedia
RNA world hypothesis — A comparison of RNA (left) with DNA (right), showing the helices and nucleobases each employs. The RNA world hypothesis proposes that life based on ribonucleic acid (RNA) pre dates the current world of life based on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),… … Wikipedia
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PAH world hypothesis — The PAH world hypothesis is a speculative hypothesis that proposes that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), assumed to be abundant in the primordial soup of the early Earth, played a major role in the origin of life by mediating the synthesis … Wikipedia
