Skip to main content
Top

1980 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Precambrian Genetics

Author : J. Langridge

Published in: Biogeochemistry of Ancient and Modern Environments

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Although life is not readily definable, its essence is the multiplication of a certain sort of matter (animate) at the expense of different matter (inanimate) which does not so multiply. Energy is necessary for this and subsequent transformations, but is not considered in the present paper; it has been thoroughly discussed elsewhere (e.g., by Broda, 1971). The central feature of the animate type of matter is the transmission of a particular material order to succeeding entities; this is the genetic aspect.

Metadata
Title
Precambrian Genetics
Author
J. Langridge
Copyright Year
1980
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-26582-6_3