Origin and early evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes in freshwater environments: Reinterpreting proterozoic paleobiology and biogeochemical processes in light of trait evolution

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1040-1055

  Blank, Carrine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial endosymbiosis; Cyanobacterial evolution; Habitat evolution; Mesoproterozoic; Paleoproterozoic; Plastid endosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCHA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84889635540     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12111     Document Type: Article

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