Additional chapters in books


 

Chela-Flores, J. (2008) Fitness of the cosmos for the origin and evolution of life: from biochemical fine-tuning to the Anthropic Principle, in "Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine-tuning", John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen J. Freeland and Charles L. Harper, eds. Cambridge University Press, pp.151-166.

Chela-Flores, J. Jerse, G., Messerotti, M. And Tuniz, C. (2009) Astronomical and astrobiological imprints on the fossil records. A review. In: From Fossils to Astrobiology. J. Seckbach (ed.), Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, , pp. 389-408.
 
Chela-Flores, J. (2009) Astrobiological reflections on faith and reason. The Issues of Agnosticism, Relativism and Natural Selection, in: Divine Action and Natural Selection: Questions of Science and Faith in Biological Evolution, eds. J. Seckbach and R. Gordon, Singapore: World Scientific, pp. 45-62.
 
Chela-Flores, J. and Seckbach, J (2009) Divine action and evolution by natural selection: A possible and necessary dialogue, in: Divine Action and Natural Selection: Questions of Science and Faith in Biological Evolution, eds. J. Seckbach and R. Gordon, Singapore: World Scientific,pp. 1035-1048.
 
Chela-Flores, J., Montenegro, M.E., Pugliese, N. Tewari, V.C. and Tuniz, C. (2009) Evolution of plant-animal interactions. In: All flesh is grass: Plant-Animal Interactions, a love-hate affair. Z. Dubinsky and J. Seckbach (eds.). Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 1-34.

Dudeja, S., Bhattacherjee, A. B. and Chela-Flores, J. (2010) Microbial mats in Antarctica as models for the search of life on the Jovian moon Europa. In: Microbial Mats.  "Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology" J. Seckbach and A. Oren (eds.)  pp. 543-561.

Seckbach, J., Ericksson, P. G., Walsh, M. M., Oren, A. and Chela-Flores, J. (2010) Microbial Mats: Summary and Conclusions. Final comment. In:  Microbial Mats. J. Seckbach and A. Oren (eds.). Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, pp. 585-590. .

Tewari, V. C. and Chela Flores, J. (2009) Possibe Role of Sulfur on the Early Diversification of Life on Earth: Astrobiological Implications. In: Economic Mineralisation  (Editor K.L. Srivastava) , Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur, pp. 53-56.

Tewari, V. C. and Chela-Flores, J. (2011) Possible role of sulfur on the early diversification of life on Earth: Astrobiological implications. In: Stromatolites: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments. J. Seckbach and V. C. Tewari (eds.) Book Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Vol. 18, Springer, The Netherlands, pp.723-736.  

Seckbach, J. and Chela-Flores, J. (2012) Habitable environments by Extremophiles on Earth, the Solar System and Elsewhere. In: Genesis - In the Beginning Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Evolution.  J. Seckbach  (ed.) Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Vol. 22, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 859-870.


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