Alan W. Schwartz

The case for an ancestral genetic system involving simple analogues of the nucleotides.

Gerald F. Joyce, Alan W. Schwartz, Stanley L. Miller et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1987 · 387 citations · Full text

Bioorganic Chemistry, Comparative Genomics, Genetics +22

Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite

Zita Martins, Oliver Botta, Marilyn L. Fogel et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2008 · 380 citations · Full text

Asteroid, Murchison Meteorite, Meteorite Impact +2

Phosphorus in prebiotic chemistry

Alan W. Schwartz · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2006 · 208 citations · Full text

Nitrogen-heterocyclic compounds in meteorites: significance and mechanisms of formation

Peter G. Stoks, Alan W. Schwartz · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1981 · 203 citations

Organic Geochemistry, Nitrogen-heterocyclic Compounds, Engineering +4

Uracil in carbonaceous meteorites

Peter G. Stoks, Alan W. Schwartz · Nature · 1979 · 197 citations

Organic Geochemistry, Engineering, Carbonaceous Meteorites +6