Precambrian: Eukaryote fossils

Encyclopedia of Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 354-363

  Xiao, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS;

CELL-SIZE; CYTOSKELETONS; EUBACTERIA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; LIFE-FORMS; LIVING ORGANISMS; MITOCHONDRIAS; MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTES; NAKED-EYE; PRECAMBRIAN;

MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 84874451559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369396-9/00345-2     Document Type: Chapter

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