Table of Contents

0. Speaker Introduction
1. Protists, UV and Evolution
   
   
   0. What are Protists?
   1. Why Study Protists?
      
      
      0. For cell structure
      1. As models
      2. And because protists are neat!
      
      
   2. Protists and Evolution
   3. The Fossil Record Indicates...
   4. Protists Are Almost It Until About Precambrian Times...
      
      
      0. Modern analogs...
      
      
   5. Research at Ames...
      
      
      0. What happens to photosynthesis in a Precambrian day?
      1. How Does Ultra-violet Light Influence Evolution?
      2. Why is UV important to Evolution?
      3. UV Changes and Phytoplankton...
      
      
   6. A Review of Radiation...
   7. Why is this UV Problem so Important?
      
      
      0. Local research angle...
      
      
   8. What Effect Does UV Have on Algae?
   9. UV Mutations and Ecology...
   10. A Fresh Look at UV and Evolution...
   11. As Radiation Has Gone Up, UV Has...
   12. UV and Mutations...
   13. Communities in Other Countries...
   14. Zygogonium Dominated Ecosystems...
   15. Cyanidium Dominated Ecosystem...
       
       
       0. A natural, pure culture system...
       
       
   16. How to Study DNA Damage Experimentally...
   17. Looking at DNA Synthesis...
       
       
       0. P-33 and DNA...
       
       
   18. Studying Biochemical Mechanisms out in the Field...
   19. What is the Time Frame for Synthesis?
   20. What's the Relationship Between Synthesis and the Time of Day?
   21. A General Pattern in Nature? Start Here...
   22. A Simple Approach...
   23. Independent Corroboration...
   24. Quantifying the DNA...
   25. DNA Repair and Sex...
   26. Muller's Rachet...
   27. Life on Mars...

0. Narrative Index
1. Speaker Bio
2. Slide Index
3. Web Index