Seeding the Pregenetic Earth: Meteoritic Abundances of Nucleobases and Potential Reaction Pathways
@article{Pearce2015SeedingTP, title={Seeding the Pregenetic Earth: Meteoritic Abundances of Nucleobases and Potential Reaction Pathways}, author={Ben K D Pearce and R. Pudritz}, journal={arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics}, year={2015} }
Carbonaceous chondrites are a class of meteorite known for having a high content of water and organics. In this study, abundances of the nucleobases, i.e., the building blocks of RNA and DNA, found in carbonaceous chondrites are collated from a variety of published data and compared across various meteorite classes. An extensive review of abiotic chemical reactions producing nucleobases is then performed. These reactions are then reduced to a list of 15 individual reaction pathways that could… Expand
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