OoL digest — January 13
This week we have 16 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Network and Kinetics-based Biosignatures: Implications for the Putative Habitable World Observatory Design
Fisher et al. — preprint
The Role of Atmospheric Composition in Defining the Habitable Zone Limits and Supporting E. coli Growth
Kuzucan et al. — preprint
Ignan Earths: Habitability of Terrestrial Planets With Extreme Internal Heating
Reinhold et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
A Comprehensive Framework for Assessing Terrestrial Analogue Field Sites for Ocean Worlds
Stern et al. — preprint
Dormancy in the origin, evolution and persistence of life on Earth
Webster et al. — Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Astrochemistry
Chemistry in the Galactic Center
Jimenez-Serra — preprint
Biochemistry
Beyond Homochirality: Computer Modeling Hints of Heterochiral Proteins in Early and Extraterrestrial Life
Casimo et al. — Astrobiology
Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals
Colgren et al. — Science Advances
Autonomous ribosome biogenesis in vitro
Kosaka et al. — Nature Communications
Kinetic Model of the Emergence of Autocatalysis
Mchedlov-Petrosyan et al. — preprint
Adaptive ratchets and the evolution of molecular complexity
Röschinger et al. — preprint
Protocell Effects on RNA Folding, Function, and Evolution
Saha et al. — Accounts of Chemical Research
Intellectual frameworks to understand complex biochemical systems at the origin of life
Seelig et al. — Nature Chemistry
Probing the Limits of Reactant Concentration and Volume in Primitive Polyphenyllactate Synthesis and Microdroplet Assembly Processes
Sithamparam et al. — ACS Bio & Med Chem Au
Geoscience
Groundwater-Driven Evolution of Prebiotic Alkaline Lake Environments
Tutolo et al. — Life
Microbiology
Amplicon Sequencing Reveals Diversity in Spatially Separated Microbial Communities in the Icelandic Mars Analog Environment Mælifellssandur
Tan et al. — Astrobiology