Origin of Life: Emergence, Self-organization and Evolution

"Living matter is solemnly perceived as an embodiment of ultimate order [...] yet, disorder is its necessary component in an intricate interplay between life’s actors from the highest level of populations, all the way to molecules" Ernesto Di Mauro, A. Keith Dunker and Edward N. Trifonov discuss the inteplay between order and disorder in the transition from non-living to living matter.

 

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Ernesto Di Mauro, A. Keith Dunker and Edward N. Trifonov

Disorder to Order, Nonlife to Life: In the Beginning There Was a Mistake

Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 2012, Volume 22, 415-435.