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Chemical Evolution

Chemical Evolution is the prebiotic process by which simple organic and inorganic molecules undergo sequential chemical transformations to form increasingly complex biomolecules, ultimately leading to the emergence of life-capable systems.

875

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66.7K

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2.3K

Authors

885

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2017–2026

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875

The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution

Scientific American · 1979 · 7.8K citations

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The neutral theory of molecular evolution

Gabriel A. Dover · Endeavour · 1984 · 1.4K citations

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On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells

William Martin, Michael J. Russell · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 847 citations · Full text

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Peptides by Activation of Amino Acids with CO on (Ni,Fe)S Surfaces: Implications for the Origin of Life

Claudia Huber, Günter Wächtershäuser · Science · 1998 · 643 citations

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Perspectives in Chemistry—Steps towards Complex Matter

Jean‐Maríe Lehn · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2013 · 627 citations

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Authors

2.3K

  1. HJ
    Henderson James Cleaves

    Life Science Institute, Japan

    13 publications · 1.3K citations

    13

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  2. SL
    Stanley L. Miller

    University of California San Diego, United States

    10 publications · 1.7K citations

    10

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  3. JP
    James P. Ferris

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

    9 publications · 378 citations

    9

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  4. NV
    Nicholas V. Hud

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    7 publications · 329 citations

    7

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  5. CP
    Cyril Ponnamperuma

    Ames Research Center, United States

    7 publications · 295 citations

    7

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Institutions

885

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    114 publications

    6.6K citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    19 h-index

    31 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    18 h-index

    37 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    16 h-index

    53 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Life Science Institute

    Tokyo, Japan

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    35 publications

    2.9K citations

  7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    14 h-index

    38 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Blue Marble Space

    Seattle, United States

    13 h-index

    17 publications

    793 citations

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Venues

  1. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

    59 publications · 3.1K citations

    30

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 28 publications · 3.9K citations

    26

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  3. Science

    27 publications · 4.4K citations

    23

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  4. Journal of Molecular Evolution

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

    18

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  5. Nature

    22 publications · 2.3K citations

    18

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