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20.8: Key Words and Terms

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    AATE deep sea hydrothermal vent progenote
    abiogenesis Hadean eon proteinoid microsphere
    adapter RNA heat of baking protocell
    alkaline hydrothermal vent heterotrophs-first reducing atmosphere
    aminoadenosine triacid ester ionizing radiation retroviruses
    Archean eon last universal common ancestor ribonucleoproteins
    autocatalysis liposome ribozymes
    autotrophs-first LUCA RNA world
    biofilm metabolic environment Serpentinite
    biogenesis molecular communication serpentinization
    black smoker non-reducing atmosphere spontaneous generation
    chemoautotrophs ozone layer tidal pool scenario
    coacervate Panspermia white smoker
    co-catalysis photoautotrophs zircon
    primordial soup

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