Biomarkers

An overview of biomarkers, information on specific ones, and experimental methods for extracting biomarkers from ancient rocks

Prof. Summons’ review paper The Exceptional Preservation of Interesting and Informative Biomolecules is accessible online here. This review was published in the Paleontological Society Special Publication 20, “Reading and Writing of the Fossil Record”, to accompany the Paleontological Society short course at the 2014 GSA meeting in Vancouver.

Biomarkers
What is a biomarker?
Sources
Biomarkers as source indicators
Experiments
Experimental methods
Classification
Biomarker classification