2022
A solution to the emergence of the genetic code
Harrison SA, Nunes Palmeira R, Halpern A, Lane N.
MS in prep. (2022)
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Prebiotically plausible, non-enzymatic synthesis of Pyrimidine nucleobases
Harrison SA, Harries T, Pinna S, Lane N.
MS in prep. (2022)
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The Limits of Metabolic Heredity in Protocells
Nunes Palmeira R, Colnaghi M, Harrison SA, Pomiankowski A, Lane N.
MS under review (2022)
[Available on bioRxiv - doi: 10.1101/2022.01.28.477904]
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Do soluble phosphates direct the formose reaction towards pentose sugars?
Camprubi E, Harrison SA, Jordan SF, Bonnel J, Pinna S, Lane N.
MS in print (2022)
2021
A prebiotic basis for ATP as the universal energy currency
Pinna S, Kunz C, Harrison SA, Jordan SF, Ward J, Werner F, Lane N.
MS under review (2021)
[Available on bioRxiv - doi: 10.1101/2021.10.06.463298]
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Spontaneous assembly of redox-active iron-sulfur clusters at low concentrations of cysteine
Jordan SF, Ioannou I, Rammu H, Halpern A, Bogart L, Ahn M, Vasiliadou R, Christodoulou J, Maréchal A, Lane N.
Nat. Commun, 12:5925 (2021)
2019
Promotion of protocell self-assembly from mixed amphiphiles at the origin of life
Jordan SF, Rammu H, Zheludev I, Hartley AM, Maréchal A, Lane N.
Nat. Eco. Evol. (2019)
doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-1015-y
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Possible mechanisms of CO2 reduction by H2 via prebiotic vectorial electrochemistry
Vasiliadou R, Dimov N, Szita N, Jordan SF, Lane N.
Interface Focus, 9(6): 20190073 (2019)
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Jordan SF, Nee E, Lane N.
Interface Focus, 9(6): 20190067 (2019)
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Lane N.
Mol. Front. J, 3(1): 20–28 (2019)
2018
Life as a guide to prebiotic nucleotide synthesis
Harrison SA, Lane N.
Nat. Commun, 9: 5176 (2018)
doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07220-y
Acetyl phosphate as a primordial energy currency at the origin of life
Whicher A, Camprubi E, Pinna S, Herschy B, Lane N.
Orig Life Evol Biosph, 48: 159 (2018)
2017
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Proton gradients at the origin of life
Lane N.
BioEssays, 39: 1600217 (2017)
Camprubi E, Jordan SF, Vasiliadou R, Lane N.
IUBMB Life, 69(6): 373–381 (2017)
doi: 10.1002/iub.1632
Serial endosymbiosis or singular event at the origin of eukaryotes?
Lane N.
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 434: 58-67 (2017)
2016
Selection for mitochondrial quality drives evolution of the germline
Radzvilavicius A, Hadjivasiliou Z, Pomiankowski A, Lane N.
PLoS Biology, 14(12): e2000410 (2016)
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000410
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Sojo V, Dessimoz C, Pomiankowski A, Lane N.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33(11): 2874–2884 (2016)
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Lokiarchaeon is hydrogen dependent
Sousa FL, Neukirchen S, Allen JF, Lane N, Martin, WF.
Nature Microbiology (2016)
doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.34
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Mitochondria, complexity, and evolutionary deficit spending
Lane N, Martin WF.
PNAS USA, 113(6) E666 (2016)
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The origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents
Sojo V, Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Lane N.
Astrobiology, 16(2): 181-197 (2016)
2015
Eukaryotes really are special, and mitochondria are why
Lane N, Martin WF.
PNAS USA, 113(6): E4823 (2015)
Life force: why energy shapes evolution
Lane N.
Biochemist, 37: 6-11 (2015)
The unseen world: reflections on Leeuwenhoek (1677)
Lane N.
Phylosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 370(1666): 20140344 (2015)
Can paternal leakage maintain sexually antagonistic polymorphism in the cytoplasm?
Kuijper B, Lane N, Pomiankowski A.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(2): 468–480 (2015)
doi: 10.1111/jeb.12582
2014
An origin-of-life reactor to simulate alkaline hydrothermal vents
Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Watson C, Dartnell L, Ward J, Evans JRG, Lane N.
Journal of Molecular Evolution, 79: 213–227 (2014)
doi: 10.1007/s00239-014-9658-4
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A Bioenergetic Basis for Membrane Divergence in Archaea and Bacteria
Sojo V, Pomiankowski A, Lane N.
PLOS Biology, 12(8): e1001926 (2014)
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001926
Martin W, Sousa FL, Lane N.
Science, 344(6188): 1092-1093 (2014)
Bioenergetic Constraints on the Evolution of Complex Life
Lane N.
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 6(5): a015982 (2014)
2013
Dynamics of mitochondrial inheritance in the evolution of binary mating types and two sexes
Hadjivasiliou Z, Lane N, Seymour R, Pomiankowski A.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1769): 20131920 (2013)
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Sousa FL, Thiergart T, Landan G, Nelson-Sathi S, Pereira IAC, Allen JF, Lane N, Martin WF.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 368(1622): 20130088 (2013)
Energy, genes and evolution: introduction to an evolutionary synthesis
Lane N, Martin WF, Raven JA, Allen JF.
Phylosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 368(1622): 20120253 (2013)
2012
The origin of membrane bioenergetics
Lane N, Martin WF.
Cell, 151(7): 1406-1416 (2012)
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.11.050
The problem with mixing mitochondria
Lane N.
Cell, 151(2): 246-248 (2012)
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.09.028
Life: Inevitable, or just a fluke?
Lane N.
New Scientist, 214(2870): 32-37 (2012)
doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(12)61633-9
Pesole G, Allen JF, Lane N, Martin WF, Rand DM, Schatz G, Saccone C.
EMBO reports, 13(6): 473-474 (2012)
Lane N.
Physics of Life Reviews, 9(1): 105-106 (2012)
doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2012.01.005
Selection for mitonuclear co-adaptation could favour the evolution of two sexes
Hadjivasiliou Z, Pomiankowski A, Seymour R, Lane N.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279(1734), 1865-1872 (2012)
2011
Lane N.
Science, 334(6053): 184-185 (2011)
Lane N.
Bioessays, 33(11): 860-869 (2011)
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Planctomycetes and eukaryotes: a case of analogy not homology
McInerney JO, Martin WF, Koonin EV, Allen JF, Galperin MY, Lane N, Archibald JM, Embley TM.
Bioessays, 33(11): 810-817 (2011)
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Kitazoe Y, Kishino H, Hasegawa M, Matsui A, Lane N, Tanaka M.
Genome Biology and Evolution, 3: 1233-1244 (2011)
doi: 10.1093/gbe/evr079
The Evolution of Oxidative Stress
Lane N.
In: Principles of Free Radical Biomedicine., Volume 1. Eds. K. Pantopoulos, H. M. Schipper, Nova Science Publications Inc, Hauppauge, NY (2011)
ISBN: 978-1-61209-773-2 | PDF
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Energetics and genetics across the prokaryote-eukaryote divide
Lane N.
Biology Direct, 6: 35 (2011)
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Plastids, genomes, and the probability of gene transfer
Lane N.
Genome Biology and Evolution, 3: 372-374 (2011)
doi: 10.1093/gbe/evr003
2010
The energetics of genome complexity
Lane N, Martin WF.
Nature, 467(7318): 929-934 (2010)
doi: 10.1038/nature09486
Why are cells powered by proton gradients?
Lane N.
Nature Education, 3(9): 18 (2010)
Chance or Necessity? Bioenergetics and the Probability of Life
Lane N.
Journal of Cosmology, 10(7): 3286-3304 (2010)
Intelligent Non-Design and the Origins of Life
Lane N.
Journal of Cosmology, Vol 8 (2010)
How did LUCA make a living? Chemiosmosis in the origin of life
Lane N, Allen JF, Martin WF.
BioEssays 32: 271-280 (2010)
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