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Review
. 1995:23:215-49.
doi: 10.1146/annurev.ea.23.050195.001243.

The origin of life in the solar system: current issues

C F Chyba  1 , G D McDonald
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Review

The origin of life in the solar system: current issues

C F Chyba et al. Annu Rev Earth Planet Sci. 1995.

Abstract

NASA: The authors review current issues in the study of biogenesis and exobiology research. Topics include definitions of life; exobiological environments in the solar system, including the planets and their satellites, comets, and asteroids; energy sources for prebiotic chemistry, and the concept of the RNA world.

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