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The Cold Origin of Life: B. Implications Based on Pyrimidines and Purines Produced From Frozen Ammonium Cyanide Solutions
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A wide variety of pyrimidines and purines were identified as products of a dilute frozen ammonium cyanide solution that had been held at -78 degrees C for 27 years. This demonstrates that both pyrimidines and purines could have been produced on the primitive earth in a short time by eutectic concentration of HCN, even though the concentration of HCN in the primitive ocean may have been low. We suggest that eutectic freezing is the most plausible demonstrated mechanism by which HCN polymerizations could have produced biologically important prebiotic compounds.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Miyakawa, S., Cleaves, H. J., & Miller, S. L.
- Affiliations
- Yokohama National University (JP)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- ORCID
- Cleaves, H. James
- Venue
- Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere
- Published
- 2002-06
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 209-218
- ISSN
- 0169-6149 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0875
- OpenAlex
- W1570440484
- Cited by
- 174
- References
- 60
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- FWCI
- 4.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Keywords
- origin of life, pyrimidines, purines, ammonium cyanide, frozen solutions, prebiotic chemistry, early Earth, nucleobase synthesis
- MeSH terms
- Origin of Life, Cold Temperature, Cyanides, Purines, Pyrimidines, Solutions
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