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• General overview of abiogenesis: Follmann H, Brownson C (2009). "Darwin's warm little pond revisited: from molecules to the origin of life". Naturwissenschaften. 96 (11): 1265–92. Bibcode: 2009NW.....96.1265F. doi: 10.1007/s00114-009-0602-1. PMID  19760276. S2CID  23259886.

• Extraterrestrial sources of biological molecules: Ehrenfreund P, Cami J (2010). "Cosmic carbon chemistry: from the interstellar medium to the early Earth". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (12): a002097. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002097. PMC  2982172. PMID  20554702.

• Abiotic syntheses of organic molecules: Saladino R, Crestini C, Pino S, Costanzo G, Di Mauro E (2012). "Formamide and the origin of life". Phys Life Rev. 9 (1): 84–104. Bibcode: 2012PhLRv...9...84S. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.12.002. hdl: 2108/85168. PMID  22196896.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

• Homochirality: Blackmond DG (2010). "The origin of biological homochirality". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (5): a002147. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002147. PMC  2857173. PMID  20452962.

• Role of physical processes: Budin I, Szostak JW (2010). "Expanding roles for diverse physical phenomena during the origin of life". Annu Rev Biophys. 39: 245–63. doi: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.050708.133753. PMC  4992673. PMID  20192779.

• RNA world: Robertson MP, Joyce GF (2012). "The origins of the RNA world". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 4 (5): a003608. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a003608. PMC  3331698. PMID  20739415.

• Protocells A: Loakes D, Holliger P (2009). "Darwinian chemistry: towards the synthesis of a simple cell". Mol Biosyst. 5 (7): 686–94. doi: 10.1039/b904024b. PMID  19562107.

• Protocells B: Schrum JP, Zhu TF, Szostak JW (2010). "The origins of cellular life". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (9): a002212. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002212. PMC  2926753. PMID  20484387.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

• Kasting JF (1993). "Earth's early atmosphere". Science. 259 (5097): 920–6. doi: 10.1126/science.11536547. PMID  11536547. S2CID  21134564.
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• Sleep NH (2010). "The Hadean-Archaean environment". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (6): a002527. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002527. PMC  2869525. PMID  20516134.
• Lunine JI (2006). "Physical conditions on the early Earth". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 361 (1474): 1721–31. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1900. PMC  1664683. PMID  17008213.

• Schwartzman DW, Lineweaver CH (2004). "The hyperthermophilic origin of life revisited". Biochem Soc Trans. 32 (Pt 2): 168–71. doi: 10.1042/bst0320168. PMID  15046564.
• Martin W, Baross J, Kelley D, Russell MJ (2008). "Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life". Nat Rev Microbiol. 6 (11): 805–14. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1991. PMID  18820700. S2CID  1709272.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Daniel I, Oger P, Winter R (2006). "Origins of life and biochemistry under high-pressure conditions". Chem Soc Rev. 35 (10): 858–75. doi: 10.1039/b517766a. PMID  17003893.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

• Burton AS, Stern JC, Elsila JE, Glavin DP, Dworkin JP (2012). "Understanding prebiotic chemistry through the analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids and nucleobases in meteorites". Chem Soc Rev. 41 (16): 5459–72. doi: 10.1039/c2cs35109a. PMID  22706603.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Pizzarello S, Shock E (2010). "The organic composition of carbonaceous meteorites: the evolutionary story ahead of biochemistry". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (3): a002105. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002105. PMC  2829962. PMID  20300213.
• Pizzarello S (2007). "The chemistry that preceded life's origin: a study guide from meteorites". Chem Biodivers. 4 (4): 680–93. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200790058. PMID  17443883.
• Ehrenfreund P, Cami J (2010). "Cosmic carbon chemistry: from the interstellar medium to the early Earth". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (12): a002097. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002097. PMC  2982172. PMID  20554702.

• Saladino R, Crestini C, Pino S, Costanzo G, Di Mauro E (2012). "Formamide and the origin of life". Phys Life Rev. 9 (1): 84–104. Bibcode: 2012PhLRv...9...84S. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.12.002. hdl: 2108/85168. PMID  22196896.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Saladino R, Botta G, Pino S, Costanzo G, Di Mauro E (2012). "From the one-carbon amide formamide to RNA all the steps are prebiotically possible". Biochimie. 94 (7): 1451–6. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.02.018. PMID  22738728.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• McCollom TM, Seewald JS (2007). "Abiotic synthesis of organic compounds in deep-sea hydrothermal environments". Chem Rev. 107 (2): 382–401. doi: 10.1021/cr0503660. PMID  17253758.
• Balucani N (2012). "Elementary reactions of N atoms with hydrocarbons: first steps towards the formation of prebiotic N-containing molecules in planetary atmospheres". Chem Soc Rev. 41 (16): 5473–83. doi: 10.1039/c2cs35113g. PMID  22705670.
• Schwartz AW (2006). "Phosphorus in prebiotic chemistry". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 361 (1474): 1743–9, discussion 1749. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1901. PMC  1664685. PMID  17008215.

• Sutherland JD (2010). "Ribonucleotides". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (4): a005439. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a005439. PMC  2845210. PMID  20452951.
• Anastasi C, Buchet FF, Crowe MA, Parkes AL, Powner MW, Smith JM; et al. (2007). "RNA: prebiotic product, or biotic invention?". Chem Biodivers. 4 (4): 721–39. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200790060. PMID  17443885. S2CID  23526930. {{ cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= ( help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Jakschitz TA, Rode BM (2012). "Chemical evolution from simple inorganic compounds to chiral peptides". Chem Soc Rev. 41 (16): 5484–9. doi: 10.1039/c2cs35073d. PMID  22733315.
• Hughes RA, Robertson MP, Ellington AD, Levy M (2004). "The importance of prebiotic chemistry in the RNA world". Curr Opin Chem Biol. 8 (6): 629–33. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2004.09.007. PMID  15556407.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Longo LM, Blaber M (2012). "Protein design at the interface of the pre-biotic and biotic worlds". Arch Biochem Biophys. 526 (1): 16–21. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.06.009. PMID  22772066.
• Danger G, Plasson R, Pascal R (2012). "Pathways for the formation and evolution of peptides in prebiotic environments". Chem Soc Rev. 41 (16): 5416–29. doi: 10.1039/c2cs35064e. PMID  22688720.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Cleaves HJ, Michalkova Scott A, Hill FC, Leszczynski J, Sahai N, Hazen R (2012). "Mineral-organic interfacial processes: potential roles in the origins of life". Chem Soc Rev. 41 (16): 5502–25. doi: 10.1039/c2cs35112a. PMID  22743683.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

• Bissette AJ, Fletcher SP (2013). "Mechanisms of autocatalysis". Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 52 (49): 12800–26. doi: 10.1002/anie.201303822. PMID  24127341.
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• Paul N, Joyce GF (2004). "Minimal self-replicating systems". Curr Opin Chem Biol. 8 (6): 634–9. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2004.09.005. PMID  15556408.
• Meyer AJ, Ellefson JW, Ellington AD (2012). "Abiotic self-replication". Acc Chem Res. 45 (12): 2097–105. doi: 10.1021/ar200325v. PMID  22891822.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Kenso Soai (1 January 2008). Amplification of Chirality. Springer. ISBN  978-3-540-77869-1.

• Blackmond DG (2010). "The origin of biological homochirality". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (5): a002147. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002147. PMC  2857173. PMID  20452962.
• Plasson R, Kondepudi DK, Bersini H, Commeyras A, Asakura K (2007). "Emergence of homochirality in far-from-equilibrium systems: mechanisms and role in prebiotic chemistry". Chirality. 19 (8): 589–600. doi: 10.1002/chir.20440. PMID  17559107.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Soai K, Sato I, Shibata T (2001). "Asymmetric autocatalysis and the origin of chiral homogeneity in organic compounds". Chem Rec. 1 (4): 321–32. doi: 10.1002/tcr.1017. PMID  11893072.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Podlech J (2001). "Origin of organic molecules and biomolecular homochirality". Cell Mol Life Sci. 58 (1): 44–60. doi: 10.1007/PL00000777. PMID  11229816. S2CID  27520698.

(Also see the entries on chiral autocatalysis in the previous section.)

• Jewett MC, Forster AC (2010). "Update on designing and building minimal cells". Curr Opin Biotechnol. 21 (5): 697–703. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.06.008. PMC  2952674. PMID  20638265.
• Loakes D, Holliger P (2009). "Darwinian chemistry: towards the synthesis of a simple cell". Mol Biosyst. 5 (7): 686–94. doi: 10.1039/b904024b. PMID  19562107.
• Schrum JP, Zhu TF, Szostak JW (2010). "The origins of cellular life". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (9): a002212. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002212. PMC  2926753. PMID  20484387.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
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• Mansy SS, Szostak JW (2009). "Reconstructing the emergence of cellular life through the synthesis of model protocells". Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 74: 47–54. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.014. PMID  19734203.
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• Neveu M, Kim HJ, Benner SA (2013). "The "strong" RNA world hypothesis: fifty years old". Astrobiology. 13 (4): 391–403. doi: 10.1089/ast.2012.0868. PMID  23551238.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Robertson MP, Joyce GF (2012). "The origins of the RNA world". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 4 (5): a003608. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a003608. PMC  3331698. PMID  20739415.
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• Müller UF (2006). "Re-creating an RNA world". Cell Mol Life Sci. 63 (11): 1278–93. doi: 10.1007/s00018-006-6047-1. PMID  16649141. S2CID  36021694.
• Cheng LK, Unrau PJ (2010). "Closing the circle: replicating RNA with RNA". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (10): a002204. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002204. PMC  2944364. PMID  20554706.
• Ferris JP (2006). "Montmorillonite-catalysed formation of RNA oligomers: the possible role of catalysis in the origins of life". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 361 (1474): 1777–86, discussion 1786. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1903. PMC  1664692. PMID  17008218.
• Copley SD, Smith E, Morowitz HJ (2007). "The origin of the RNA world: co-evolution of genes and metabolism". Bioorg Chem. 35 (6): 430–43. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2007.08.001. PMID  17897696.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
• Joyce GF (2009). "Evolution in an RNA world". Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 74: 17–23. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.004. PMC  2891321. PMID  19667013.
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• Lane N, Martin WF (2012). "The origin of membrane bioenergetics". Cell. 151 (7): 1406–16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.11.050. PMID  23260134.
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• Saladino R, Botta G, Pino S, Costanzo G, Di Mauro E (2012). "Genetics first or metabolism first? The formamide clue". Chem Soc Rev. 41 (16): 5526–65. doi: 10.1039/c2cs35066a. PMID  22684046.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
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• General overview of the field: Follmann H, Brownson C (2009). "Darwin's warm little pond revisited: from molecules to the origin of life". Naturwissenschaften. 96 (11): 1265–92. Bibcode: 2009NW.....96.1265F. doi: 10.1007/s00114-009-0602-1. PMID  19760276. S2CID  23259886.

• History of abiogenesis research: Lazcano A (2010). "Historical development of origins research". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2 (11): a002089. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a002089. PMC  2964185. PMID  20534710.

• Origin of catalysis: Cech TR (2009). "Evolution of biological catalysis: ribozyme to RNP enzyme". Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 74: 11–6. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2009.74.024. PMID  19850851.

• Number of occurrences: Davies PC, Lineweaver CH (2005). "Finding a second sample of life on earth". Astrobiology. 5 (2): 154–63. Bibcode: 2005AsBio...5..154D. doi: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.154. PMID  15815166.

• Role of physical processes in abiogenesis: Budin I, Szostak JW (2010). "Expanding roles for diverse physical phenomena during the origin of life". Annu Rev Biophys. 39: 245–63. doi: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.050708.133753. PMC  4992673. PMID  20192779.

• Miller-Urey experiment, legacy, and followup experiments: Bada JL (2013). "New insights into prebiotic chemistry from Stanley Miller's spark discharge experiments". Chem Soc Rev. 42 (5): 2186–96. doi: 10.1039/c3cs35433d. PMID  23340907.