Calcium in the early evolution of living systems: A biohistorical approach

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1738-1750

  Kazmierczak, Józef ^a   Kempe, Stephan ^b   Kremer, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Biocalcification; Calcium; Early alkaline ocean; Eukaryogenesis; Evolution of early life; Multicellularity; Origin of metazoans; Photosynthesis; Skeletogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALKALINES; BIOCALCIFICATION; EARLIEST LIFE; EARLY ALKALINE OCEAN; EUKARYOGENESIS; EVOLUTION OF EARLY LIFE; LIVING SYSTEMS; MULTICELLULARITY; ORIGIN OF METAZOAN; SKELETOGENESIS;

CALCIUM;

EID: 84879868481     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13852728113179990081     Document Type: Review

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