On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

• Publication date

  2003-01-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/RSTB.2002.1183PMID 12594918PMCID PMC1693102
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