abiogenesis
51autogenesis — noun a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter • Syn: ↑abiogenesis, ↑autogeny, ↑spontaneous generation • Derivationally related forms: ↑autogenetic, ↑abiogenetic (for: ↑ …
52autogeny — noun a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter • Syn: ↑abiogenesis, ↑autogenesis, ↑spontaneous generation • Derivationally related forms: ↑autogenetic (for: ↑autogenesis), ↑ …
53spontaneous generation — noun a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter • Syn: ↑abiogenesis, ↑autogenesis, ↑autogeny • Derivationally related forms: ↑autogenetic (for: ↑autogenesis), ↑ …
54Miller-Urey experiment — The Miller Urey experiment (or Urey Miller experiment) was an experiment that simulated hypothetical conditions present on the early Earth and tested for the occurrence of chemical evolution. Specifically, the experiment tested Oparin and Haldane …
55Norse mythology — Norse paganism Part of Norse paganism …
56RNA world hypothesis — A comparison of RNA (left) with DNA (right), showing the helices and nucleobases each employs. The RNA world hypothesis proposes that life based on ribonucleic acid (RNA) pre dates the current world of life based on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),… …
57Autocatalysis — A single chemical reaction is said to have undergone autocatalysis, or be autocatalytic, if the reaction product is itself the catalyst for that reaction. A set of chemical reactions can be said to be collectively autocatalytic if a number of… …
58Autogenesis — In biology the word autogenesis has been used to describe two similar concepts: * Abiogenesis the origin of life, as used by Aristotle and in modern theory. [Csanyi V, Kampis G., J Theor Biol. 1985 May 21;114(2):303 21. Autogenesis: the evolution …
59Creation-evolution controversy — The creation evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. evolution debate or the origins debate) is a recurring political dispute about the origins of the Earth, humanity, life, and the universe, [See harvnb|Hovind|2006, for example.]… …
60Graham Cairns-Smith — Alexander Graham Cairns Smith (born 1931) is an organic chemist and molecular biologist at the University of Glasgow, most famous for his controversial 1985 book, Seven Clues to the Origin of Life. The book popularized a theory he had developed… …
