OoL digest — February 10
This week we have 9 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Artificial life
Guideless Artificial Life Model for Reproduction, Development, and Interactions
Utimula — Artificial Life
Astrobiology
Ocean stratification impedes particulate transport to the plumes of Enceladus
Ames et al. — Communications Earth & Environment
Collection and In Situ Analyses of Regolith Samples by the Mars 2020 Rover: Implications for Their Formation and Alteration History
Hausrath et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Application of chemotactic behavior for life detection
Riekeles et al. — Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Organic matter and biomarkers: Why are samples required?
Sephton et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Biochemistry
The non-canonical nucleotides and prebiotic evolution
Ruzov et al. — BioSystems
Probing the Limits of Reactant Concentration and Volume in Primitive Polyphenyllactate Synthesis and Microdroplet Assembly Processes
Sithamparam et al. — ACS Bio & Med Chem Au
Planetary sciences
The non-carbonaceous nature of Earth’s late-stage accretion
Bermingham et al. — Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
TRAPPIST-1 d: Exo-Venus, Exo-Earth or Exo-Dead?
Way — preprint