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Introduction to Astrobiology: Origin, Evolution, Distribution and Destiny of Life in the Universe

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Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds

Part of the book series: Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats ((COLE,volume 2))

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The only life that we know about in the universe is life on our own planet Earth. We have no idea of how representative it might be of life on other planets, although in the chapter by one of us (JCF) it is conjectured that, given suitable environmental conditions, if life started somewhere else it would be constrained to take an evolutionary pathway to eukaryogenesis and multicellularity (Chela-Flores 1998; Seckbach et al., 1998).

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  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

  2. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600, Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77058, USA

    Frances Westall

  3. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Office 276, P.O.Box 586, Strada Costiera 11, 34136, Trieste, Italy

    Julian Chela-Flores

  4. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, Apartado 17606, Parque Central, Caracas, 1015A, Venezuela

    Julian Chela-Flores

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Seckbach, J., Westall, F., Chela-Flores, J. (2000). Introduction to Astrobiology: Origin, Evolution, Distribution and Destiny of Life in the Universe . In: Seckbach, J. (eds) Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds. Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4269-4_25

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