2001 Annual Science Report
Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 4.0 Reports Reporting | JUL 2000 – JUN 2001
Roadmap Objective 4.0—Expand and interpret the genomic database of a select group of key microorganisms in order to reveal the history and dynamics of evolution.
Project Reports
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Habitable Planets and Evolution of Bio-Complexity
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 -
Center for Genomic and Evolutionary Studies on Microbial Life at Low Temperature
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 5.0 7.0 16.0 -
Eukaryotic Origins and the Evolution of Cellular Complexity — Eukaryotic rRNA Evolution: Early Diverging Eukaryotes
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0 7.0 -
Astrobiology at UCLA: An Intergrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 -
Eukaryotic Origins and the Evolution of Cellular Complexity — Evolution of Tubulins
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0 -
Self-Replicating (BL) Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry – Benner’s Laboratory
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 12.0 13.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 -
Self-Reproducing (EL) Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry – Ellington’s Laboratory
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 3.0 4.0 8.0 9.0 16.0 -
Eukaryotic rRNA Evolution: Origins of “Crown Group Taxa”
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 5.0 6.0 -
Origin and Early Evolution of Photosynthesis
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 -
Toward a Molecular Phylogeny of a Metabolic Enzyme, Maleylacetoacetate Isomerase
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 6.0 -
Diversity of Eukaryotes in Thermophilic and Mesophilic Environments That Might Resemble Early Earth’s Biosphere
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 6.0 7.0 -
The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution: Molecular and Isotopic Approaches to Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 5.0 6.0 13.0 -
Timescale for the Evolution of Life on Earth: Molecular Evolution Approach – S. Blair Hedges
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0 5.0 7.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 -
Symbiosis and the Origin of Multicellularity in Photosynthetic Organisms
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 6.0 10.0 -
Evogenomics (Collaborative Focus Group Research)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 -
Molecular Analysis of Microbial Ecosystems in Extreme Environments
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 14.0 16.0 17.0 -
GEOPULSE (Gene Expression of Observations for Planetary Life Study)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 -
Evolution in Microbe-Based Ecosystems: Desert Springs as Analogues for the Early Development and Stabilization of Ecological Systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 14.0 -
Coevolution of Life and Planets
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 17.0 -
Development of Life Detection Methodology and Technology
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 17.0 -
Diversity and Physiology of Prokaryotes in Selected Thermophilic and Mesophilic Environments That Might Resemble Early Earth’s Biosphere
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 6.0 7.0 -
Genes That Regulate Photosymbiotic Interactions
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0 6.0 -
Timescale for the Evolution of Life on Earth: Molecular Evolution Approach – Masatoshi Nei
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 -
Relationship of Genetic Changes to Phenotypic Changes in Organism — Environment Interactions
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.0 -
Origin of Life: Evolution of Proteins
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0