The origin of intracellular structures in Ediacaran metazoan embryos

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-226

  Schiffbauer, James D ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Sharma, Kriti Sen ^a   Wang, Ge ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE CRYSTALS; CELL BOUNDARY; CELL LUMINA; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DOUSHANTUO FORMATION; EDIACARAN; INTRACELLULAR STRUCTURES; MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTES; NUCLEAR DIVISION; SOUTH CHINA; TOMOGRAPHIC; XRAY IMAGING;

ANIMALS; APATITE; CEMENTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATES;

APATITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CAMBRIAN; CELL ORGANELLE; CEMENTATION; EDIACARAN; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL; METAZOAN; PRESERVATION;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

EID: 84863238030     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32546.1     Document Type: Article

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