Archean molecular fossils and the early rise of eukaryotes

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5430, 1999, Pages 1033-1036

  Brocks, Jochen J ^a,b   Logan, Graham A ^b   Buick, Roger ^a   Summons, Roger E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; LIPID;

ARCHEAN; BIOMARKER; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL; LIPID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

AUSTRALIA;

ARCHAEA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PILBARA;

EID: 0033551919     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5430.1033     Document Type: Article

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