Three-dimensional preservation of cellular and subcellular structures suggests 1.6 billion-year-old crown-group red algae

PLoS Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Bengtson, Stefan ^a,b,c,d   Sallstedt, Therese ^a,b,c,d   Belivanova, Veneta ^a,b,c,d   Whitehouse, Martin ^a,b,c,d  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Nordic Center for Earth Evolution   (Denmark)

^d Nordic Centre for Earth Evolution (NordCEE)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VOLUME; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; RED ALGA; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; THALLUS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INDIA; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; RADIOMETRY; SEDIMENT; TIME FACTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; RADIOMETRY; RHODOPHYTA; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85016953784     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000735     Document Type: Article

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