Nucleic Acid Extraction and Sequencing from Low-Biomass Synthetic Mars Analog Soils for In Situ Life Detection

Recent studies regarding the origins of life and Mars-Earth meteorite transfer simulations suggest that biological informational polymers, such as nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), have the potential to provide unambiguous evidence of life on Mars. To this end, we are developing a metagenomics-based life...

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Main Authors: Mojarro, Angel (Author), Hachey, Jullie (Author), Bailey, Ryan (Author), Brown, Mark (Author), Doebler, Robert (Author), Ruvkun, Gary (Author), Zuber, Maria (Author), Carr, Christopher E. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2020-04-14T21:17:10Z.
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