Ancient dna

E Willerslev, A Cooper - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the past two decades, ancient DNA research has progressed from the retrieval of small
fragments of mitochondrial DNA from a few late Holocene specimens, to large-scale studies …

Glaciers and ice sheets as a biome

AM Anesio, J Laybourn-Parry - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2012 - cell.com
The tundra is the coldest biome described in typical geography and biology textbooks.
Within the cryosphere, there are large expanses of ice in the Antarctic, Arctic and alpine …

[图书][B] Biochemical adaptation: mechanism and process in physiological evolution

PW Hochachka, GN Somero - 2002 - books.google.com
The study of biochemical adaption provides fascinating insights into how organisms" work"
and how they evolve to sustain physiological function under a vast array of environmental …

Glacier ice archives nearly 15,000-year-old microbes and phages

ZP Zhong, F Tian, S Roux, MC Gazitúa, NE Solonenko… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Glacier ice archives information, including microbiology, that helps reveal
paleoclimate histories and predict future climate change. Though glacier-ice microbes are …

The ladder of life detection

M Neveu, LE Hays, MA Voytek, MH New, MD Schulte - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
We describe the history and features of the Ladder of Life Detection, a tool intended to guide
the design of investigations to detect microbial life within the practical constraints of robotic …

[图书][B] Freshwater ecology: concepts and environmental applications

WK Dodds - 2002 - books.google.com
Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications is a general text covering
both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the …

A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

BC Christner, JC Priscu, AM Achberger, C Barbante… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Liquid water has been known to occur beneath the Antarctic ice sheet for more than 40
years, but only recently have these subglacial aqueous environments been recognized as …

Temperature dependence of metabolic rates for microbial growth, maintenance, and survival

PB Price, T Sowers - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Our work was motivated by discoveries of prokaryotic communities that survive with little
nutrient in ice and permafrost, with implications for past or present microbial life in Martian …

[图书][B] Introduction to geomicrobiology

KO Konhauser - 2009 - books.google.com
Introduction to Geomicrobiology is a timely and comprehensive overview of how microbial
life has affected Earth's environment through time. It shows how the ubiquity of …

Glacial ecosystems

A Hodson, AM Anesio, M Tranter… - Ecological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
There is now compelling evidence that microbially mediated reactions impart a significant
effect upon the dynamics, composition, and abundance of nutrients in glacial melt water …