Homochirality

[Daniel L. Gilbert]

Some references on biological homochirality are:
Bonner, W.A.  Terrestrial and extraterrestrial sources of molecular 
homochirality. Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 21: 407-420, 1992.

Bonner, W.A.  Chirality and life. Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 25:175-190, 1995.

Chyba, C. A. Extraterrestrial amino acids and terrestrial life. Nature 
348:113-114, 1990.

Engel, M. H., Macko, S.A., and Silfer, J.A.  Carbon isotope composition 
of indivdual amino acids in the Murchison meteorite. Nature 348: 47-49, 1990.

Golfsndkii, V.I. and Kuzmin, V. V.  Chirality and cold origin of life. 
Nature 352:114, 1991.

Macdermott, A. J.  Electroweak enantioselection and the origin of life. 
Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 25: 191-199, 1995.

Hope this short reference list helps.
Dan Gilbert


On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, Todd Charles Wood wrote:

> Hello, I am a student writing a critical evaluation the various
> theories regarding the origin of biological homochirality.  I
> would appreciate any references anyone might have regarding
> this topic.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Todd Wood
> tcw3r at virginia.edu
> 
>