1. Preface to the special issue “Problems of the Origin and Evolution of the Biosphere”

   Announcement 16 December 2014 Pages: 1101 - 1102

2. Early stage of the evolution of the universe: Molecular medium and the emergence of properties of functioning of living systems

   • V. I. Baranov
   • L. A. Gribov

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1103 - 1145

3. The driving forces of evolution

   • V. A. Dement’ev

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1146 - 1189

4. Life is a product of molecular ordering “machine”

   • E. M. Galimov

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1190 - 1196

5. Prebiotic synthesis and selection of macromolecules: Thermal cycling as a condition for synthesis and combinatorial selection

   • S. D. Varfolomeev
   • S. V. Lushchekina

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1197 - 1206

6. Highly diluted aqueous solutions: Formation of nano-sized molecular assemblies (nanoassociates)

   • A. I. Konovalov
   • I. S. Ryzhkina

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1207 - 1226

7. Modeling of abiotic ATP synthesis in the context of problems of early biosphere evolution

   • M. S. Kritsky
   • T. A. Telegina
   • Yu. L. Vechtomova

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1227 - 1238

8. Photoinduced processes of hydrogen peroxide formation and decomposition and their role in photosynthesis and biosphere origin

   • G. G. Komissarov
   • A. V. Lobanov

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1239 - 1251

9. Fractal polymer globules: A new insight on prebiological evolution

   • V. A. Avetisov
   • S. K. Nechaev

   OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1252 - 1259

10. Biospheric evolution: An oceanologist’s view of research results and prospects

    • A. L. Vereshchaka

    OriginalPaper 16 December 2014 Pages: 1260 - 1270