Evolution: A fixed-nitrogen fix in the early ocean?

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Lyons, Timothy W ^a   Reinhard, Christopher T ^b,c   Planavsky, Noah J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EID: 84897399119     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.034     Document Type: Short Survey

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