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Variations in climate habitability parameters and their effect on Earth's biosphere during the Phanerozoic Eon
Iva Vilović, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, René Heller
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…
Habitability Models for Astrobiology
Abel Méndez, Edgard E. Rivera-Valentín, Dirk Schulze-Makuch +31
Habitability has been generally defined as the capability of an environment to support life. Ecologists have been using Habitat Suitability Models (HSMs) for more than four decades…
Evolution of default genetic control mechanisms
William Bains, Enrico Borriello, Dirk Schulze-Makuch
We present a model of the evolution of control systems in a genome under environmental constraints. The model conceptually follows the Jacob and Monod model of gene control. Genes…
Habitability Models for Planetary Sciences
Abel Méndez, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Dirk Schulze-Makuch +32
Habitability has been generally defined as the capability of an environment to support life. Ecologists have been using Habitat Suitability Models (HSMs) for more than four decades…
Microbial Life in a Liquid Asphalt Desert
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Shirin Haque, Marina Resendes de Sousa Antonio +9
An active microbiota, reaching up to 10 E+7 cells/g, was found to inhabit a naturally occurring asphalt lake characterized by low water activity and elevated temperature. Geochemic…
Testing the Hydrogen Peroxide-Water Hypothesis for Life on Mars with the TEGA instrument on the Phoenix Lander
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Carol Turse, Joop Houtkooper +1
Since Viking has conducted its life detection experiments on Mars, many missions have enhanced our knowledge about the environmental conditions on the Red Planet. However, the Mart…