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ArticleTheory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften2024

Rethinking life and predicting its origin.

Diogo Gonçalves

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Article in Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Diogo GonçalvesCentro de Química Estrutural and Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal. diogo.v.goncalves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2140-7745

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The definition, origin and recreation of life remain elusive. As others have suggested, only once we put life into reductionist physical terms will we be able to solve those questions. To that end, this work proposes the phenomenon of life to be the product of two dissipative mechanisms. From them, one characterises extant biological life and deduces a testable scenario for its origin. The proposed theory of life allows its replication, reinterprets ecological evolution and creates new constraints on the search for life.

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Biological EvolutionOrigin of LifeAnimalsEcosystemHumansLifeModels, BiologicalDefinition of lifeElectron bifurcationHydrothermal ventsOrigin of lifeTheory of life

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PMID38922566

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