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  1. Recent Publications

    December 2018


    The Paleomineralogy of the Hadean Eon Revisited
    Morrison, S., Runyon, S., & Hazen, R. (2018). The Paleomineralogy of the Hadean Eon Revisited. Life, 8(4), 64. doi:10.3390/life8040064


    De novo origin of multicellularity in response to predation
    Herron, M. D., Borin, J. M., Boswell, J. C., Walker, J., Chen, I-C., Knox, C. A., … Ratcliff, W. C. (2018). De novo origin of multicellularity in response to predation. []. doi:10.1101/247361


    Trait heritability in major transitions
    Herron, M. D., Zamani-Dahaj, S. A., & Ratcliff, W. C. (2018). Trait heritability in major transitions. BMC Biology, 16(1), None. doi:10.1186/s12915-018-0612-6


    Volcanically modulated pyrite burial and ocean–atmosphere oxidation
    Olson, S. L., Ostrander, C. M., Gregory, D. D., Roy, M., Anbar, A. D., & Lyons, T. W. (2019). Volcanically modulated pyrite burial and ocean–atmosphere oxidation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 506, 417–427. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.015


    Detecting Ocean Glint on Exoplanets Using Multiphase Mapping
    Lustig-Yaeger, J., Meadows, V. S., Tovar Mendoza, G., Schwieterman, E. W., Fujii, Y., Luger, R., & Robinson, T. D. (2018). Detecting Ocean Glint on Exoplanets Using Multiphase Mapping. The Astronomical Journal, 156(6), 301. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaed3a


    Geomorphological analysis of gullies on the central peak of Lyot Crater, Mars
    Gulick, V. C., Glines, N., Hart, S., & Freeman, P. (2018). Geomorphological analysis of gullies on the central peak of Lyot Crater, Mars. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, None, SP467.17. doi:10.1144/sp467.17


    Deoxyribose and deoxysugar derivatives from photoprocessed astrophysical ice analogues and comparison to meteorites
    Nuevo, M., Cooper, G., & Sandford, S. A. (2018). Deoxyribose and deoxysugar derivatives from photoprocessed astrophysical ice analogues and comparison to meteorites. Nature Communications, 9(1), None. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07693-x


    Signs of life on a global scale: Earth as a laboratory for exoplanet biosignatures
    Schwieterman, E.W., Lyons, T.W., Reinhard, C.T. (2018) Signs of life on a global scale: Earth as a laboratory for exoplanet biosignatures. The Biochemist, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 22–27


    November 2018


    Magmatism, serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357)
    Früh-Green, G. L., Orcutt, B. N., Rouméjon, S., Lilley, M. D., Morono, Y., Cotterill, C., … Bilenker, L. (2018). Magmatism, serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357). Lithos, 323, 137–155. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.09.012


    Demosponge steroid biomarker 26-methylstigmastane provides evidence for Neoproterozoic animals
    Zumberge, J. A., Love, G. D., Cárdenas, P., Sperling, E. A., Gunasekera, S., Rohrssen, M., … Summons, R. E. (2018). Demosponge steroid biomarker 26-methylstigmastane provides evidence for Neoproterozoic animals. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(11), 1709–1714. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0676-2