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ReviewOrigins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life2017

Walking over 4 Gya: Chemical Evolution from Photochemistry to Mineral and Organic Chemistries Leading to an RNA World.

Kunio Kawamura, Marie-Christine Maurel

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Review in Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kunio KawamuraDepartment of Human Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Shudo University, 1-1-1 Ozuka-higashi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, 731-3195, Japan. kawamura@shudo-u.ac.jp.
Marie-Christine MaurelInstitut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, CP, France.
Hiroshima Shudo University · JPInstitut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we overview the chemical evolution of RNA molecules from inorganic material through mineral-mediated RNA formation compatible with the plausible early Earth environments. Pathways from the gas-phase reaction to the formation of nucleotides, activation and oligomerization of nucleotides, seem to be compatible with specific environments. However, how these steps interacted is not clear since the chemical conditions are frequently different and can be incompatible between them; thus the products would have migrated from one place to another, suitable for further chemical evolution. In this review, we summarize certain points to scrutinize the RNA World hypothesis.

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Earth, PlanetEvolution, ChemicalOrigin of LifeMineralsNucleotidesOrganic Chemistry PhenomenaRNAMineralsNucleotidesRNAHadean environmentHydrothermal sitesMineral catalysisPhotochemistryPrebiotic chemistryRNA bricksRNA world

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PMID28432500
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