Singularities : landmarks on the pathways of life /
De Duve, Christian.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-250).
Building blocks -- Homochirality -- Protometabolism -- ATP -- Electrons and protons -- Thioesters -- RNA -- Proteins -- DNA -- Membranes -- Protonmotive force -- Protometabolism revisited -- The LUCA -- The first fork -- Eukaryotes -- Oxygen -- Endosymbionts -- Multicellulars -- Homo -- Evolution -- Final comments.
Life
Evolution (Biology)
Singularities (Mathematics)