OoL digest — April 11th edition
This week we have 6 preprints and 6 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Sulfur- and Iron-Rich Mineralogical Features Preserved in Permafrost in the Canadian High Arctic: Analogs for the Astrobiological Exploration of Mars – Lau et al. – Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Astrophysics
Identifying Exoplanets with Machine Learning Methods: A Preliminary Study – Jin et al. – preprint
Biochemistry
An open source computational workflow for the discovery of autocatalytic networks in abiotic reactions – Arya et al. – Chemical Science
Possible chemical and physical scenarios towards biological homochirality – Sallembien et al. – Chemical Society Reviews
Peptide-RNA Coacervates as a Cradle for the Evolution of Folded Domains – Seal et al. – preprint
RNA World Modeling: A Comparison of Two Complementary Approaches – Synak et al. – Entropy
Evolution of selfish multicellularity: collective organisation of individual spatio-temporal regulatory strategies– Vroomans et al. – preprint
Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth’s RNA virome – Zayed et al. – Science
Chemistry
Open questions on emergence in chemistry – Seifert – Communications Chemistry
Mathematical biology
Emergence of Autocatalytic Sets in a Simple Model of Technological Evolution – Hordijk et al. – preprint
Planetary Science
Tidally driven tectonic activity as a parameter in exoplanet habitability – McIntyre – preprint
δ44/40Ca-δ88/86Sr multi-proxy constrains primary origin of Marinoan cap carbonates – Wang et al. – preprint