Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences articles from July 2003

Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences archives from July 2003

Life on Mars: past, present, and future.
July 1, 2003... Mars appears to be a cold, dry, and dead world. However there is good evidence that early in its history it had liquid water and possibly life. The main question in the future exploration of Mars is the search for an independent origin of life...

Global analysis of microbial translation initiation regions.
July 1, 2003... The availability of genomic sequences from multiple bacteria has allowed global comparisons of patterns. Here we present a graphical comparison of normalized base frequencies in the vicinity of translation starts for both eubacteria and archae....

A simple method of surveying plant populations for random amplified DNA polymorphisms.
July 1, 2003... Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fragments can be separated on 8 cm long x 1 cm thick 5% polyacrylamide gels and silver stained to yield high quality data. This method requires far less technical expertise than other methods of...

Executive officer's column.
July 1, 2003... A changing of the guard is always an interesting time of adjustment for all concerned -- those changing responsibilities, the membership and the Academy as a whole. At February's annual meeting the changes began to take place as Dr. John Boyle...

Geology and Geography. (Divisional Report).
July 1, 2003... The Geology and Geography Division met this year in a one-day session with 18 presentations and one poster. There was little time for relaxed conversation. Some of the broader topics discussed were: (a) Visions of a statewide, high-quality,...