Micro- and nano-scale ultrastructure of cell walls in Cryogenian microfossils: Revealing their biological affinity

Lethaia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-136

  Moczydłowska, Małgorzata ^a   Schopf, J William ^b   Willman, Sebastian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; MICROALGA; MICROFOSSIL; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; SPECTROMETRY; TAPHONOMY;

ACRITARCHA; CHLAMYDOMONADALES;

EID: 77953741202     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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