Abstracts and investigations on origins of life, beginning with autocatalytic sets through the mechanism of spontaneous organization.

Research and publications on the origin of new genes, new functions, and their role in genome evolution, adaptation, and species differences.

This site explores the possibility that genetic variation and natural selection are two sides of a unitary and simultaneous response to the struggle for existence, as recent experiments at Harvard and elsewhere on bacteria imply.

The evolution group of the Institute of Molecular BioSciences at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

A non-profit organization founded in 1993, and incorporated in 1997, to facilitate the communication and publishing of information in the field of Molecular Evolution. Membership benefits include a personal subscription to the Journal of Molecular

Journal is dedicated to bringing Darwin`s dream-to "have fairly true genealogical trees of each great kingdom of Nature"-within grasp. Provides a forum for molecular studies that advance the understanding of phylogeny and evolution.

Explores the structural relationship between cosmological symmetry-breaking and the form of molecular evolution leading to biological systems on Earth. It thus forms an alternative to historical hypotheses in which the form of biogenesis is believed to be

Describes and explains a theory that shows how organisms can use or may have used thermal cycling as an energy source, for example in volcanic hot springs, as an evolutionary step towards photosynthesis.

Transcript of chat with biochemist James Shapiro of the University of Chicago on his concept of "natural genetic engineering" at the cellular level.

Details work exploring the evolution of novel ribozymes (deoxyribo and ribonucleic acid catalysts) from populations of random sequences, attempting to shed light on the origins of biological catalysis.

Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Researches and teaches "biology with a global perspective."

The modern version of panspermia, Cosmic Ancestry treats all of evolution, not just the origin of life on Earth.

An online guide to the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the Universe as well as all other aspects of space exploration.

The intellectual focus of the Center for Microbial Ecology is to understand factors that influence the competitiveness, diversity and function of microorganisms in their natural and managed habitats.

An educational site based on a textbook that follows the evolution of the Universe "from big bang to humankind." Hosted by the Wright Center at Tufts University.

A partnership between NASA and other research organizations to conduct and lead integrated multidisciplinary research in astrobiology, the study of life in the universe.

Michigan State University website with extensive resources on microbes and the environments they live in, as well as links to other microbial ecology resources on the web. Includes the Microbe Zoo.

Explores the field of exobiology from a lay perspective including a self-test. Part of the Cruising Chemistry project at Duke.

E-zine on life beyond Earth and origin of life. Includes news articles, reference material, and forums.

Based at Macquarie University, the centre includes astrobiologists from around Australia. The ACA is Australia`s international member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.

NASA Astrobiology Institute founding member located at the UCLA Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.

The NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training at the New York Center for Studies of the Origins of Life. A partnership with RPI and SUNY-Albany.