"Why was it significant that the Phoenix lander found ice on Mars? Haven't we known for some time that Mars has ice caps at its poles?"
Intro
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Evogenomics Focus Group
S. Blair Hedges, Co-Chair
Department of Biology
Pennsylvania State University
sbh1@psu.eduJames A. Lake, Co-Chair
Molecular Biology Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
lake@mbi.ucla.eduThe purpose of the Evogenomics Focus Group is to coordinate, combine, and enhance research efforts involving evolutionary genomics across the multiple disciplines and institutions represented in the astrobiology community. Evolutionary analysis of the complete genomes of organisms has greatly advanced our understanding of how life originated, adapted to diverse environments, and increased in complexity on this planet and, in turn, these studies increase of understanding of the potential for, and distribution of, life elsewhere in the Universe.
