User:Ujons/Warm Little Pond/Aulses Peer Review

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Ujons
 * Whose work are you reviewing?


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:Ujons/Warm Little Pond:
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists):

Evaluate the drafted changes
Lead section:


 * link Miller-Urey, abiogenesis, hot springs, hydrothermal vents

Historical Context:


 * I found a historical review that mentions how why spontaneous generation was initially favored and how evidence slowly stacked up against it over time to give way to abiogenesis if you want
 * maybe find a citation for Darwin not wanting to approach the OoL, doesn't have to be primary source (post-edit: you have the source later in the paragraph, I would also just move it up to next to this claim)
 * if there's a link to feedstocks, I would add that too

Evidence for Land on early earth:


 * link to stromatalites, stagnant lid

Relevance to prebiotic chemistry:


 * I have a source for cycling if you need/want to look at it
 * do you have a source for where you say the cycling can preclude the RNA world hypothesis? My understanding was that RNA world follows wet dry cycling in this hypothesis

Effects of UV light:


 * where you mention HCN, you could also mention briefly that HCN is synthesized in the atmosphere from exogenic delivery (hypothetically)
 * last sentence, you say therefore, it is furthermore... - I think this is kind of redundant so for readability maybe take one of those out
 * also I would add that UV light has damaging effects for prebiotic chemistry

Water composition and characteristics:


 * when you say the membranes collapse in seawater, I would mention that it's specifically because of salinity and the lack of an ion pump to flush the ions out of the membrane before it collapses
 * also I have some sources that mention phosphate if you want

Clays and mineral surfaces:


 * clays can also go too far with respect to their adsorption, and limit the availability of reactants