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Elsila, J. E., Glavin, D. P., Dworkin, J. P., Martins, Z., & Bada, J. L. (2012). Inconclusive evidence for nonterrestrial isoleucine enantiomeric excesses in primitive meteorites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(48), E3288–E3288. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213261109

Kua, J., & Bada, J. L. (2011). Primordial Ocean Chemistry and its Compatibility with the RNA World. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 41(6), 553–558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-011-9250-5

Parker, E. T., Cleaves, H. J., Callahan, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Glavin, D. P., Lazcano, A., & Bada, J. L. (2011). Enhanced Synthesis of Alkyl Amino Acids in Miller’s 1958 H2S Experiment. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 41(6), 569–574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-011-9253-2

Rivas, M., Becerra, A., Pereto, J., Bada, J. L., & Lazcano, A. (2011). Metalloproteins and the Pyrite-based Origin of Life: A Critical Assessment. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 41(4), 347–356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-011-9238-1

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Glavin, D. P., Aubrey, A. D., Callahan, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Elsila, J. E., Parker, E. T., Bada, J. L., Jenniskens, P., & Shaddad, M. H. (2010). Extraterrestrial amino acids in the Almahata Sitta meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45(10–11), 1695–1709. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01094.x

Pereto, J., Bada, J. L., & Lazcano, A. (2009). Charles Darwin and the Origin of Life. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 39(5), 395–406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-009-9172-7

Bada, J. L. (2009). Enantiomeric excesses in the Murchison meteorite and the origin of homochirality in terrestrial biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(32), E85–E85. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0906490106

Schwarz, C., Debruyne, R., Kuch, M., McNally, E., Schwarcz, H., Aubrey, A. D., Bada, J., & Poinar, H. (2009). New insights from old bones: DNA preservation and degradation in permafrost preserved mammoth remains. Nucleic Acids Research, 37(10), 3215–3229. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkp159

Aubrey, A. D., Cleaves, H. J., & Bada, J. L. (2009). The Role of Submarine Hydrothermal Systems in the Synthesis of Amino Acids. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 39(2), 91–108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-008-9153-2

Cleaves, H. J., Aubrey, A. D., & Bada, J. L. (2009). An Evaluation of the Critical Parameters for Abiotic Peptide Synthesis in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 39(2), 109–126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-008-9154-1

Lazcano, A., & Bada, J. L. (2008). Stanley L. Miller (1930-2007): Reflections and Remembrances. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 38(5), 373–381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-008-9145-2

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Botta, O., Martins, Z., Emmenegger, C., Dworkin, J. P., Glavin, D. P., Harvey, R. P., Zenobi, R., Bada, J. L., & Ehrenfreund, P. (2008). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and amino acids in meteorites and ice samples from LaPaz Icefield, Antarctica. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 43(9), 1465–1480.

Aubrey, A. D., Chalmers, J. H., Bada, J. L., Grunthaner, F. J., Amashukeli, X., Willis, P., Skelley, A. M., Mathies, R. A., Quinn, R. C., Zent, A. P., Ehrenfreund, P., Amundson, R., Glavin, D. P., Botta, O., Barron, L., Blaney, D. L., Clark, B. C., Coleman, M., Hofmann, B. A., … Yen, A. (2008). The Urey instrument: An advanced in situ organic and oxidant detector for Mars exploration. Astrobiology, 8(3), 583–595. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2007.0169

Cleaves, H. J., Chalmers, J. H., Lazcano, A., Miller, S. L., & Bada, J. L. (2008). A reassessment of prebiotic organic synthesis in neutral planetary atmospheres. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 38(2), 105–115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-007-9120-3

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Botta, O., Bada, J. L., Gomez-Elvira, J., Javaux, E., Selsis, F., & Summons, R. (2008). “Strategies of life detection”: Summary and outlook. Space Science Reviews, 135(1–4), 371–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9357-9

Bump, J. K., Fox-Dobbs, K., Bada, J. L., Koch, P. L., Peterson, R. O., & Vucetich, J. A. (2007). Stable isotopes, ecological integration and environmental change: wolves record atmospheric carbon isotope trend better than tree rings. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 274(1624), 2471–2480. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0700

Skelley, A. M., Aubrey, A. D., Willis, P. A., Amashukeli, X., Ehrenfreund, P., Bada, J. L., Grunthaner, F. J., & Mathies, R. A. (2007). Organic amine biomarker detection in the Yungay region of the Atacama Desert with the Urey instrument. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 112(G4). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jg000329

Bada, J. L., Fegley, B., Miller, S. L., Lazcano, A., Cleaves, H. J., Hazen, R. M., & Chalmers, J. (2007). Debating evidence for the origin of life on Earth. Science, 315(5814), 937–938.

Skelley, A. M., Cleaves, H. J., Jayarajah, C. N., Bada, J. L., & Mathies, R. A. (2006). Application of the mars organic analyzer to nucleobase and amine biomarker detection. Astrobiology, 6(6), 824–837. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2006.6.824

Glavin, D. P., Dworkin, J. P., Aubrey, A., Botta, O., Doty, J. H., Martins, Z., & Bada, J. L. (2006). Amino acid analyses of Antarctic CM2 meteorites using liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41(6), 889–902.

Aubrey, A., Cleaves, H. J., Chalmers, J. H., Skelley, A. M., Mathies, R. A., Grunthaner, F. J., Ehrenfreund, P., & Bada, J. L. (2006). Sulfate minerals and organic compounds on Mars. Geology, 34(5), 357–360. https://doi.org/10.1130/g22316.1

Kminek, G., & Bada, J. L. (2006). The effect of ionizing radiation on the preservation of amino acids on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 245(1–2), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.008

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Skelley, A. M., Scherer, J. R., Aubrey, A. D., Grover, W. H., Ivester, R. H. C., Ehrenfreund, P., Grunthaner, F. J., Bada, J. L., & Mathies, R. A. (2005). Development and evaluation of a microdevice for amino acid biomarker detection and analysis on Mars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(4), 1041–1046. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0406798102

Glavin, D. P., Cleaves, H. J., Schubert, M., Aubrey, A., & Bada, J. L. (2004). New method for estimating bacterial cell abundances in natural samples by use of sublimation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(10), 5923–5928. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.70.10.5923-5928.2004

Bada, J. L. (2004). How life began on Earth: a status report. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 226(1–2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.036

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Kminek, G., Bada, J. L., Pogliano, K., & Ward, J. F. (2003). Radiation-dependent limit for the viability of bacterial spores in halite fluid inclusions and on Mars. Radiation Research, 159(6), 722–729. https://doi.org/10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0722:rlftvo]2.0.co;2

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