The influence of the slowing of Earth's rotation: A hypothesis to explain cell division synchrony under different day duration in earlier and later evolved unicellular algae

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-130

  Costas, E ^a   Gonzalez Gil S ^a   Lopez Rodas V ^a   Aguilera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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