OoL digest — June 16
This week we have 10 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes
Aponte et al. — Astrobiology
Chemoautotrophy in subzero environments and the potential for cold-adapted Rubisco
Harrison et al. — Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Ammonia sets limit to life and alters physiology independently of pH in Halomonas meridiana
Hopton et al. — Scientific Reports
Shotgun sequencing of airborne eDNA achieves rapid assessment of whole biomes, population genetics and genomic variation
Nousias et al. — Nature Ecology & Evolution
Using Anomaly Detection to Search for Technosignatures in Breakthrough Listen Observations
Pardo et al. — The Astronomical Journal
Biochemistry
From Amino Acids to α-Keto Acids via β-Elimination and Transamination Initiates a Pathway to Prebiotic Reaction Networks
Ter-Ovanessian et al. — Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Computational Biology
From experimental clues to theoretical modeling: Evolution associated with the membrane-takeover at an early stage of life
Ma et al. — PLOS Computational Biology
Geoscience
Calcium Carbonate as a Potential Template for the Origin of Life: Coupled Inorganic–Organic Geochemistry of Travertine Deposit from Puga Hot Spring
Chaddha et al. — ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
Mathematical Biology
Neutral theory of cooperators
Piñero et al. — preprint
Planetary Sciences
Evidence for a composite volcano on the rim of Jezero crater on Mars
Cuevas-Quiñones et al. — Communications Earth & Environment