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トランスヴァール・ストロマトライト:約2.2×109年前の細胞の多様化に関する最初の証拠

L A Nagy

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |February 8, 1974
    PubMed
    まとめ

    アキネツと呼ばれる特殊な細胞を含む青緑藻の化石は,南アフリカの古代ストロマトライトで発見されました. この発見は,22億年前に遡るプレカンブリア紀のシアノファイットの初期の細胞多様化を明らかにしています.

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