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The evolution of reproduction in Ediacaran–Cambrian metazoans

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The evolution of reproductive style is a fundamental aspect of metazoan life history but has not been explored holistically through the Ediacaran–Cambrian rise of metazoans. Recent molecular clock analyses based on only unequivocal metazoan fossil calibrations suggest that Porifera were present by at least 590 million years ago (Ma), all major
Rachel A. Wood, Mary L. Droser
wiley   +1 more source

Astrobiology (Overview)

, 2021
Astrobiology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe and thus to integrate biology with planetary science, astronomy, cosmology, and the other physical sciences. The discipline emerged in the late 20th century, partly in response to the development of space exploration programs in the United States ...
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Astrobiology - an opposing view [PDF]

Bioinformation, 2018
The use of quantum computers and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is imperative for use in space exploration and astrobiology investigations. Considerable progress has been made since the commencement of origin of life laboratory and theoretical studies in the mid 20th century.
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Investigating the Composition and Metabolic Potential of Microbial Communities in Chocolate Pots Hot Springs

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Iron (Fe) redox-based metabolisms likely supported life on early Earth and may support life on other Fe-rich rocky planets such as Mars. Modern systems that support active Fe redox cycling such as Chocolate Pots (CP) hot springs provide insight into how ...
Nathaniel W. Fortney, Shaomei He, Shaomei He, Brandon J. Converse, Eric S. Boyd, Eric E. Roden   +5 more
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Viability and Motility of Escherichia coli Under Elevated Martian Salt Stresses

Life
This study investigates the effects of three Martian-relevant salts—sodium chlorate, sodium perchlorate, and sodium chloride—on the viability and motility of Escherichia coli, a model organism for understanding microbial responses to environmental stress.
Max Riekeles, Berke Santos, Sherif Al-Morssy Youssef, Dirk Schulze-Makuch   +3 more
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Constraining climate sensitivity and continental versus seafloor weathering using an inverse geological carbon cycle model

Nature Communications, 2017
The influence of tectonics, continental weathering, and seafloor weathering in the geological carbon cycle remain unclear. Here, the authors develop a new carbon cycle model and, through comparison with proxy data, critically evaluate the influence of ...
Joshua Krissansen-Totton, David C. Catling   +1 more
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Variations in climate habitability parameters and their effect on Earth's biosphere during the Phanerozoic Eon

Scientific Reports, 2023
Essential insights on the characterization and quality of a detectable biosphere are gained by analyzing the effects of its environmental parameters. We compiled environmental and biological properties of the Phanerozoic Eon from various published data ...
Iva Vilović, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, René Heller   +2 more
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Extending Astrobiology: Consciousness and Culture [PDF]

, 2011
The Stanley Miller experiment suggests that amino acid-based life is ubiquitous in our universe, although its varieties are not likely to have followed the particular, highly contingent and path-dependent, evolutionary trajectory found on Earth. Are many
Rodrick Wallace
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Astrobiological Complexity with Probabilistic Cellular Automata

, 2012
Search for extraterrestrial life and intelligence constitutes one of the major endeavors in science, but has yet been quantitatively modeled only rarely and in a cursory and superficial fashion.
A Ilachinski, AA Pavlov, AH Knoll, AJ Wood, AR Wallace, B Carter, B Carter, B Vukotić, B Vukotić, Branislav Vukotić, BS Soares-Filho, C Adami, C Cotta, C Maccone, C Maccone, C Sagan, C Walters, CF Chyba, CG Langton, CH Bennett, CH Lineweaver, CH Lineweaver, CH Lineweaver, CS Cockell, CS Cockell, CS Cockell, D Grinspoon, DC Dennett, DH Forgan, DJ Asher, DJ Des Marais, DM Raup, DR Gies, DW McShea, EM Jones, EM Leitch, F Drake, FJ Dyson, G Gonzalez, G Grinstein, G Radick, GA Landis, GD Brin, GG Simpson, GV Levin, HJ Rocha-Pinto, HJ Rocha-Pinto, I Fry, J Binney, J Matese, J Pérez-Mercader, JA Ball, JJ Matese, K Sterelny, KS Carslaw, M Batty, M Gardner, MAC Perryman, MD Hill, Milan M. Ćirković, MJ Burchell, MJ Burchell, MJ Fogg, MJ Rees, MK Wallis, MK Wallis, MM Ćirković, MM Ćirković, MM Ćirković, MM Ćirković, N Duric, NK Petersen, NS Kardashev, P Bak, P Ward, PCW Davies, PMC Oliveira de, R Bjørk, R Dawkins, RA Carrigan, RA Freitas Jr, RD Smith, S Conway Morris, S Conway Morris, S Dick, S Hoya White, S Webb, S Wolfram, S Wolfram, SG Wallenhorst, SJ Dick, SJ Gould, SJ Gould, SJ Gould, SVM Clube, V Clube, W Borkowski, WI Newman, WM Napier, WM Napier   +99 more
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Physical and Chemical Controls on Habitats for Life in the Deep Subsurface Beneath Continents and Ice [PDF]

, 2016
S.M. was funded by an STFC Aurora studentship (grant ST/1506102/1) and the NASA Astrobiology Institute Program on Foundations of Complex Life, Evolution, Preservation and Detection on Earth and Beyond (grant NNA13AA90A). J.P.
McMahon, Sean Hendry, Parnell, John
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