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Appendix C Workshop Papers
Pages 51-52

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... Kasting, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University SESSION 2: SAMPLE RETURN Sample Return from Primitive Bodies, 81 Donald Brownlee, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington Mars Sample Return: Life Detection at All Levels, 83 Kenneth H Nealson, Center for Life Detection, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 51
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... Stahl, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington A Robotic-PCR Detector for DNA-based Life on Other Planets, 137 Gary Ruvkun, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital; Michael Finney, MJ Research; Walter Gilbert, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University; and George M Church, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School SESSION 4: DETECTING EXTINCT LIFE Formation and Preservation of Bona Fide Microfossils, 149 Sherry L
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