How Did Life Arise Without Abundant Phosphate?

[Oxytropidoceras]

Biochemical 'fossil' shows how life may have emerged

without phosphate, Cell Press, March 2, 2017

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170302133445.htm

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-biochemical-fossil-life-emerged-phosphate.html

 

the paper is:

 

Goldford, J. E., H. Hartman, T. F. Smith, and D. Segrè,

2017, Remnants of an Ancient Metabolism without Phosphate

Cell, Published Online: March 02, 2017, Open Access

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.02.001

http://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(17)30133-2    

 

Yours,

Paul H.