Subject Index 



197 



Chlorophyll a 129 

 Chondrites 16, 20, 50 

 Clouds, preplanetary 47 



Venus II, 12 

 Coacervates. {See also Eobionts) 170, 171, 



172, 173, 180 

 Coal 66, 71 



Co-enzymes 35, 36, 43, 44, 191 

 Co-Enzyme A 191 

 Collenia walcotta 26 

 Comets 50 



Complementariness 133, 134 

 Complexes, protein 179-187 

 Compounds, formation 6, 18 



optically active 74, 79-83, 105 



organic. {See Organic compounds) 

 Configurations 39, 40, 74-75 



polymer 166 

 Continents, formation 5, 25 

 Co-ordination number 158 

 Corycium 58 

 Cryohydric forces 162 

 Crypton i, 9 

 Crystallization 161, 168 



selective 77-79, 107 

 Cyclohexene 139 

 Cystine. {See also Amino acids) 193 



Deamination 95 



Decarboxylase 113 



Deoxyribonucleic acid 40, 42, 44, 134, 161, 



165, 185, 186 

 Deuterium 11 

 Dipeptides. {See also Peptides, Polypeptides 



etc.) 149 

 Dissymmetry 74-83 

 Dunites 16, 18, 20 



Earth, atmosphere 2, 6, 8, 19, 21 



crust 15-21, 66-68, 69, 71 



development 1-6 



formation 46-54 



heat 16 



primitive 86 



thermal history 4-6 

 Earth-Moon system 1-2 

 Electric discharges 86, 88, 95, 98-104 

 Electrons 133 



acceptors 191 

 Elements 6, 18, 20, 58 

 Enantiomorphs 77-79 

 Energy, chemical potential 127, 175, 176 



Earth's formation 4, 5 



electric discharge 86-92, 98-104 



free 32, 34, 44 



gravitational 8 



interparticulate forces 133, 162 



metaboUc 8 



migration 1 30-1 31 



radiation 37, 189 



ultra violet 86, 95, 98-104 



Environment 31, 155 



Enzymes. {See also specific enzymes e.g. 



Esterases) 35, 36, 37, 43, 58, 83, 108-113, 



171, 172, 176, 191, 193 



evolution 124-13 1 

 Enzymic processes 153 

 Eobionts. {See also Coacervates) 39, 42, 44 

 Ergosterol 184 

 Erosion 6 

 Esterases no, 113 

 Evolution 32, 46-48, 58, 60, 131, 139, 146, 



155, 170, 190 



Fibres 40, 165 



Forces. {See also Energy) interparticulate, 



I33> 163 

 Formaldehyde 34, 99, 100, 104, 116, 194 

 Fossils 71 



Gases, atmospheric 23, 50 



cosmic 18 



deposits 65-68, 71 



escape, from earth i, 9 

 from Mars 13 

 from Venus 12 



inert 18, 19 

 Gene-enzyme-metabohsm 152, 153 

 Genes 134, 135, 140 

 GeosyncUnals 25 

 Germanium 59 

 Glutamic acid 122 

 D-Glutamic acid 143 

 Glutamine. {See also Amino acids) 122 

 Glycine. {See also Amino acids) 87, 194 

 Granites 5, 16, 20, 25, 68 



Haem 125, 129 



Haemoglobins 137, 139, 145, 165, 167 



Halogens 59 



Haptens 134 



Heat. {See also Temperature) 



earth's 16 



earth's formation 4, 5 



radioactive 4, 27 



thermal pathways 150 

 Hehces 39, 134, 161, 162, 166 

 Helium 21, 66, 68, 69 

 Heterotrophs 126 

 Heterozygotes 139, 140 

 Hexamethylenetetramine 194 

 Hydrocarbons 33, 63, 65-68, 69, 71 

 Hydrogen i, 2, 3, 9, 68, 69, 87, 88, 94, 102 



escape, from earth 10, 11, 12 

 from Mars 13 

 from Venus 12 

 Hydrogen bonds. {See also Bonds) 134, 



163, 166 

 Hydrogen cyanide 89, 90-94, 116, 117, 122 

 Hydrosphere 33, 44, 52 

 Hydroxyproline 142 



