title: Special collection of essays: what is life? Introduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA. deamer@soe.ucsc.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deamer
mesh_terms: D018559:Exobiology; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D019369:Life; D018535:Mars; D000069497:Origin of Life