A new molecular window on early life

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5430, 1999, Pages 1025-1026

  Knoll, Andrew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SHORT SURVEY;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; LIPIDS; OXYGEN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STEROLS; TRITERPENES;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033551889     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5430.1025     Document Type: Short Survey

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