1. Propose a time line of the origin and history of microbial life and integrate supporting evidence into it 2. Design a set of experiments that could be used to place a newly discovered cellular...

1. Propose a time line of the origin and history of microbial life and integrate supporting evidence into it

2. Design a set of experiments that could be used to place a newly discovered cellular microbe on a phylogenetic tree based on small subunit (SSU) rRNA sequences