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64 relations: Abiogenesis, Acetic acid, Acetyl-CoA, Alanine, Amino acid, Ammonia, Archaea, Autocatalytic set, Bacteria, Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Carbonyl sulfide, Carl Woese, Cell membrane, Cellularization, Chemocline, Citric acid cycle, Cobalt, Coevolution, Deep sea, Dipeptide, DNA, Eukaryote, Günter Wächtershäuser, Glyceric acid, Glycine, Glycolic acid, Hydantoin, Hydrogen cyanide, Hydrogen sulfide, Hydrothermal vent, Iron, Iron sulfide, Iron(II) hydroxide, Iron(II) sulfide, Karl Popper, Lactic acid, Last universal common ancestor, Lipid, Lost City Hydrothermal Field, Mackinawite, Manganese, Metabolism, Methanethiol, Munich, Nickel, Nickel sulfide, Nickel(II) hydroxide, Oligomer, Pyrite, ..., Pyruvic acid, Redox, Retrodiction, RNA world, Sensu, Serine, Thermocline, Thioacetic acid, Thioester, Tripeptide, Tungsten, Urea, Water-gas shift reaction, Zinc. Expand index (14 more) »
Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis, or informally the origin of life,Compare: Also occasionally called biopoiesis.
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Acetic acid
Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is a colourless liquid organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH (also written as CH3CO2H or C2H4O2).
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Acetyl-CoA
Acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A) is a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.
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Alanine
Alanine (symbol Ala or A) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins.
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Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.
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Archaea
Archaea (or or) constitute a domain of single-celled microorganisms.
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Autocatalytic set
An autocatalytic set is a collection of entities, each of which can be created catalytically by other entities within the set, such that as a whole, the set is able to catalyze its own production.
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Bacteria
Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide (chemical formula) is a colorless gas with a density about 60% higher than that of dry air.
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air.
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Carbonyl sulfide
Carbonyl sulfide is the chemical compound with the linear formula OCS.
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Carl Woese
Carl Richard Woese (July 15, 1928 – December 30, 2012) was an American microbiologist and biophysicist.
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Cell membrane
The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment (the extracellular space).
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Cellularization
The theory of cellularization, also known as Ciliate-acoel theory, is one of the theories explaining the origin of the metazoans.
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Chemocline
A chemocline is a cline caused by a strong, vertical chemistry gradient within a body of water.
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Citric acid cycle
The citric acid cycle (CAC) – also known as the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle or the Krebs cycle – is a series of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms to release stored energy through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into carbon dioxide and chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27.
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Coevolution
In biology, coevolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution.
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Deep sea
The deep sea or deep layer is the lowest layer in the ocean, existing below the thermocline and above the seabed, at a depth of 1000 fathoms (1800 m) or more.
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Dipeptide
A dipeptide is a sometimes ambiguous designation of two classes of organic compounds: Its molecules contain either two amino acids joined by a single peptide bond or one amino acid with two peptide bonds.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.
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Eukaryote
Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike Prokaryotes (Bacteria and other Archaea).
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Günter Wächtershäuser
Günter Wächtershäuser (born 1938 in Gießen), a German chemist turned patent lawyer, is widely known for his work on the origin of life, and in particular his iron-sulfur world theory, a theory that life on Earth had hydrothermal origins.
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Glyceric acid
Glyceric acid is a natural three-carbon sugar acid obtained from the oxidation of glycerol.
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Glycine
Glycine (symbol Gly or G) is the amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain.
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Glycolic acid
Glycolic acid (hydroacetic acid or hydroxyacetic acid); chemical formula C2H4O3 (also written as HOCH2CO2H), is the smallest α-hydroxy acid (AHA).
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Hydantoin
Hydantoin, or glycolylurea, is a heterocyclic organic compound with the formula CH2C(O)NHC(O)NH.
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Hydrogen cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), sometimes called prussic acid, is a chemical compound with the chemical formula HCN.
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Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide is the chemical compound with the chemical formula H2S.
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Hydrothermal vent
A hydrothermal vent is a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.
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Iron sulfide
Iron sulfide or Iron sulphide can refer to a range of chemical compounds composed of iron and sulfur.
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Iron(II) hydroxide
Iron(II) hydroxide or ferrous hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula Fe(OH)2.
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Iron(II) sulfide
Iron(II) sulfide or ferrous sulfide (Br.E. sulphide) is one of a family chemical compounds and minerals with the approximate formula.
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Karl Popper
Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher and professor.
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Lactic acid
Lactic acid is an organic compound with the formula CH3CH(OH)COOH.
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Last universal common ancestor
The last universal common ancestor (LUCA), also called the last universal ancestor (LUA), cenancestor, or (incorrectlyThere is a common misconception that definitions of LUCA and progenote are the same; however, progenote is defined as an organism “still in the process of evolving the relationship between genotype and phenotype”, and it is only hypothesed that LUCA is a progenote.) progenote, is the most recent population of organisms from which all organisms now living on Earth have a common descent.
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Lipid
In biology and biochemistry, a lipid is a biomolecule that is soluble in nonpolar solvents.
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Lost City Hydrothermal Field
The Lost City Hydrothermal Field is a field of alkaline hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
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Mackinawite
Mackinawite is an iron nickel sulfide mineral with formula (Fe,Ni)1 + xS (where x.
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Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
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Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of organisms.
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Methanethiol
Methanethiol (also known as methyl mercaptan) is an organosulfur compound with the chemical formula.
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Munich
Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.
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Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
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Nickel sulfide
Nickel sulfide is a inorganic compound with the formula NiS.
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Nickel(II) hydroxide
Nickel(II) hydroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ni(OH)2.
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Oligomer
An oligomer (oligo-, "a few" + -mer, "parts") is a molecular complex of chemicals that consists of a few monomer units, in contrast to a polymer, where the number of monomers is, in principle, infinite.
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Pyrite
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron(II) disulfide).
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Pyruvic acid
Pyruvic acid (CH3COCOOH) is the simplest of the alpha-keto acids, with a carboxylic acid and a ketone functional group.
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Redox
Redox (short for reduction–oxidation reaction) (pronunciation: or) is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed.
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Retrodiction
Retrodiction (also known as postdiction—although this should not be confused with the use of the term in criticisms of parapsychological research) is the act of making a "prediction" about the past.
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RNA world
The RNA world is a hypothetical stage in the evolutionary history of life on Earth, in which self-replicating RNA molecules proliferated before the evolution of DNA and proteins.
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Sensu
Sensu is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of".
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Serine
Serine (symbol Ser or S) is an ɑ-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins.
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Thermocline
A thermocline (also known as the thermal layer or the metalimnion in lakes) is a thin but distinct layer in a large body of fluid (e.g. water, such as an ocean or lake) or air (such as an atmosphere) in which temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below.
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Thioacetic acid
Thioacetic acid is an organosulfur compound with the molecular formula CH3COSH.
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Thioester
In chemistry thioesters are compounds with the functional group R–S–CO–R'.
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Tripeptide
A tripeptide is a peptide consisting of three amino acids joined by peptide bonds.
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Tungsten
Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W (referring to wolfram) and atomic number 74.
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Urea
Urea, also known as carbamide, is an organic compound with chemical formula CO(NH2)2.
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Water-gas shift reaction
The water-gas shift reaction (WGSR) describes the reaction of carbon monoxide and water vapor to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen (the mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen (not water) is known as water gas): The water gas shift reaction was discovered by Italian physicist Felice Fontana in 1780.
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Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron–sulfur_world_hypothesis
