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- Discusses the different hypothesis on the origin of life and the experimental data available
- Offers a comprehensive hypothesis to explain the origins of life
- Written by an experienced researcher in the field
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The origin of life has been investigated by many researchers from various research fields, such as Geology, Geochemistry, Physics, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Astronomy and so on. Nevertheless, the origin of life remains unsolved. One of the reasons for this could be attributed to the different approaches that researchers have used to understand the events that happened on the primitive Earth. The origins of the main three members of the fundamental life system, as gene, genetic code and protein, could be only separately understood with these approaches. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the origins of gene, the genetic code, tRNA, metabolism, cell structure and protein not separately but comprehensively under a common concept in order to understand the origin of life, because the six members are intimately related to each other.
In this monograph, the author offers a comprehensive hypothesis to explain the origin of life under a common concept. At the same time, the author offers the [GADV] hypothesis contrasting it with other current hypotheses and discusses the results of analyses of genes/proteins and the experimental data available in the exploration of the current knowledge in the field. This book is of interest for science students, researchers and the general public interested in the origin of life.Authors and Affiliations
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Book Title: Towards Revealing the Origin of Life
Book Subtitle: Presenting the GADV Hypothesis
Authors: Kenji Ikehara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71087-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71086-6Published: 08 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71089-7Published: 09 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71087-3Published: 07 June 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 240
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Protein Science, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Evolutionary Biology, Biochemistry, general, Physiology