• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/807/1/85
Corpus ID: 93561811

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}
}

• Ben K D Pearce, R. Pudritz
• Published 2015
• Chemistry, Physics
• arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

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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