Molecular Fossils from Microorganisms Preserved in Glacial Ice
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a Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 366 LeConte Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 b University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd CH464, Birmingham, AL 35294 c BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, Michigan State University, 567 Wilson Road 1441, East Lansing, MI 48824 d Department of Microbiology, Nash Hall 220, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
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