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Published March 31, 2014 | Version public
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Evolution: A Fixed-Nitrogen Fix in the Early Ocean?

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  • 1. ROR icon University of California, Riverside
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 3. ROR icon Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 4. ROR icon Yale University

Abstract

A new study asserts that a late evolutionary leap in cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation terminated a long history of nitrogen-limited primary production in the ocean — and contributed to a dramatic increase in biospheric oxygen coincident with the rise of animals.

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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

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Eprint ID
45596
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.034
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CaltechAUTHORS:20140508-091040615

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2014-05-08
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2021-11-10
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