Biology 1001A Chapter Notes -Mimivirus, Microorganism, Virophage
11 Feb 2014
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3. 3 (only subsection 3. 3a: characteristics shared by all life. Evolves: in what way properties of life are emergent. Distance far enough, but close enough from the sun for liquid water to exist: conditions of a primitive earth. Eventually, heat radiated away, and crust formed: types of molecules that were, and were not, synthesized by the millar-urey experiment. Monomers were formed (aa, fattys acids, nucleic acid bases, glucose, fructose, etc) Polymers were not formed: importance of liposomes in evolution of first cells. lipid vesicles in which the lipid molecules form a bilayer very similar to a cell membrane. Concentration of key molecules is higher and greater complexity is maintained in a closed space: characteristics of mimivirus that suggest it should be considered to be alive. Mimicked microbe, large size/genome, it can get sick: characteristics of virophage.
