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Divergence of protein families to provide novel function
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2, 4.2, 5.1Molecular survey of extremophile microbial diversity in hypersaline ecosystems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2Origin of multicellularity and complex land-based ecosystem
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1Biogeochemical cycling and resources on Mars
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1Geochemical-Microbe Interactions in Chemolithoautotrophic Communities on Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:Geological Evolution and Habitability of Europa
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:Laboratory Studies of the Origins of an RNA World
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2Origins of planetary systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1Re-tracing Steps Towards a Habitable World: The Biogeochemical Evolution of Sulfur on the Early Earth.
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2The Historical Character of Astrobiology and Circumventing the Problem of Defining "Life"
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 7.1The impact of atmospheric particles on life
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 4.1, 4.3EPO Reports
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Organized by Astrobiology Roadmap Objective
- Objective 1.1: Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets (3 reports)
- Objective 2.1: Mars exploration (1 reports)
- Objective 3.1: Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts (1 reports)
- Objective 3.2: Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules (2 reports)
- Objective 3.4: Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems (1 reports)
- Objective 4.1: Earth's early biosphere (3 reports)
- Objective 4.2: Foundations of complex life (3 reports)
- Objective 4.3: Effects of extraterrestrial events upon the biosphere (2 reports)
- Objective 5.1: Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms (3 reports)
- Objective 5.2: Co-evolution of microbial communities (3 reports)
- Objective 5.3: Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments (2 reports)
- Objective 6.1: Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems (2 reports)
- Objective 6.2: Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth (1 reports)
- Objective 7.1: Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials (3 reports)
- Objective 7.2: Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems (2 reports)
Goal 1: Understand the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the Universe
Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life elsewhere in our Solar System
Goal 3: Understand how life originates from cosmic and planetary precursors
Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth interacted with its changing planetary and Solar System environment
Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life
Goal 6: Understand the principles that will shape the future of life, both on Earth and beyond
Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth
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