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Shuhai Xiao1, Andrew H Knoll, James D Schiffbauer
1Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. xiao@vt.edu
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 10, 2012
Resumen
Los microfósiles de Doushantuo son reexaminados, desafiando su clasificación como animales primitivos. El estudio sugiere que las estructuras internas no son núcleos y pueden representar diferentes organismos, cuestionando la comparación entre mesomycetozoos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Paleontología Paleontología.
- Biología evolutiva Biología evolutiva.
- Microbiología Microbiología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La Formación Doushantuo contiene microfósiles enigmáticos del Neoproterozoico.
- Estudios anteriores propusieron que estos microfósiles representan embriones animales tempranos (holozoos).
- Un estudio de 2011 sugirió una afinidad mesomycetozoa basada en estructuras internas putativas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para reevaluar la interpretación de los microfósiles de Doushantuo.
- Para evaluar críticamente la hipótesis mesomycetozoa para estos fósiles.
- Para investigar la naturaleza de las estructuras internas dentro de los microfósiles.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis microscópico de muestras de microfósiles de Doushantuo.
- Análisis comparativo con la vida microbiana y metazoaria conocida.
- Examen de la preservación de los fósiles y limitaciones de tamaño.
Principales resultados:
- Las estructuras internas son demasiado pequeñas y están mal conservadas para ser definitivamente identificadas como núcleos.
- La evidencia sugiere la presencia de al menos dos poblaciones distintas dentro de los especímenes estudiados.
- Algunos especímenes exhiben una organización pseudoparenquimatosa inconsistente con las afinidades mesomycetozoarias.
Conclusiones:
- La interpretación de los microfósiles de Doushantuo como mesomicetozoos es cuestionable.
- Los problemas de tamaño y preservación limitan la identificación de las estructuras internas.
- Los microfósiles de Doushantuo probablemente representan un conjunto más complejo y diverso de lo que se proponía anteriormente.
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