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Biopoiesis
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Biopoiesis or '''biopoesis''' is the process of living matter evolving from self-replicating but nonliving molecules. This theory describes the
origin of life on Earth, the earliest evidence of which points to life arising 3.87 billion years ago.
Image:UreyMillerExperiment.jpeg thumb|right|The Miller-Urey experiment attempts to recreate the chemical conditions of the primitive Earth in the laboratory, and synthesized some of the building blocks of life.
It is theorized that biopoiesis may occur over time if an energy source, organic molecules, and liquid water are present.
J. B. S. Haldane and
Aleksandr Oparin A.I. Oparin developed this theory in the 1920s. The
Miller-Urey experiment tested this theory in
1953, as did
Joan Oró in
1961.
See also
*
Autopoiesis
*
Thioester
Current Research
*NASA Astrobiology Institute: [http://astrobiology.ucla.edu/pages/res3b.html Earth's Early Environment and Life]
*NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Exobiology: [http://exobio.ucsd.edu/arrhenius.htm Gustaf O. Arrhenius]
Publications
# Pitsch, S. Krishnamurthy, R. Arrhenius, G. (2000). Concentration of simple aldehydes by sulfite-containing double-layer hydroxide minerals: implications for biopoesis. ''[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/73501648/ABSTRACT Helvetica chimica acta. Sep-Oct. 83(9):2398-411]''.
# Hartman, H. (1998). Photosynthesis and the origin of life. ''[http://www.kluweronline.com/article.asp?PIPS=130560&PDF=1 Orig Life Evol Biosph. Oct. 28(4-6):515-21]''.
# Arrhenius, G. Sales, B. Mojzsis, S. Lee, T. (1997). Entropy and charge in molecular evolution--the case of phosphate. ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WMD-45KKS26-30&_coverDate=08%2F21%2F1997&_alid=207952210&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1&_cdi=6932&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b479dc1b44ba7db55790640aaf059006 J Theor Biol. Aug 21. 187(4):503-22''].
Category:Origin of life
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