Wednesday Morning 1
Time	Session	Location	Title
0800	B31D	MCC 3012	Molecular Methods in Paleobiology I (joint with OS, PP) Presiding: K J Peterson, Dartmouth College; R G Craig, National Science Foundation    [Abstracts]
0800	B31D-01	MCC 3012	Biosynthetic Pathways, Gene Replacement and the Antiquity of Life *R Blankenship, J Raymond INVITED    [details]
0820	B31D-02	MCC 3012	Can geological systems be used to calibrate rates of microbial genome evolution? *J Banfield    [details]
0840	B31D-03	MCC 3012	On the Significance of Bacterial triterpenic Biomarkers in Sediments *M Rohmer    [details]
0900	B31D-04	MCC 3012	Search for the Evolution of Steroid Biosynthesis in the Geological Record *J J Brocks INVITED    [details]
0915	B31D-05	MCC 3012	The Evolution of Sterol Biosynthesis in Bacteria: In Situ Fluorescence Localization of Sterols in the Nucleoid Bacterium {\it Gemmata obscuriglobus} *M Budin, T L Jorgenson, A Pearson    [details]
0930	B31D-06	MCC 3012	Reconstruction Of Ancient Food-Chain Dynamics From the Isotopic Composition of Molecular Fossils *D H Rothman    [details]
0945	B31D-07	MCC 3012	Ancient DNA, climatic change, and loss of genetic diversity in an endemic Patagonian mammal *Y Chan, E Lacey, U Ramakrishnan, O Pearson, E Hadly    [details]