Life Before Earth

2018/01/01 by Alexei A. Sharov, Richard Gordon · 12 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Biology #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary biology #Exponential growth #Extrapolation #Fractal and DNA sequence analysis #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Mathematics #Origins and Evolution of Life #Phylogenetics #Physics #Statistics #Tree of life (biology)

paper · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811940-2.00011-3

published in Habitability of the Universe Before Earth, 265-296 (Elsevier)

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