Titlebook: Strategies of Life Detection; Oliver Botta,Jeffrey L. Bada,Roger Summons Book 2008 Springer-Verlag US 2008 Accretion.astrobiology.biosigna

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Chirality and Life, sugars from which the central molecules of life—proteins and nucleic acids—are constructed exhibit homochirality, which is expected to be a key biosignature in astrobiology. This article provides a brief review of molecular chirality and its significance for the detection of extant or extinct life