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Fossil Lipids for Life-Detection: A Case Study from the Early Earth Record

  • Eigenbrode J
Springer US, (2008), 161-185
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77516-6_12
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Abstract

The geological preservation of lipids from the cell membranes of organisms bestows a precious record of ancient life, especially for the Precambrian eon (>542 million years ago) when Earth life was largely microbial. All organisms produce lipids that, if the...

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Eigenbrode, J. L. (2008). Fossil Lipids for Life-Detection: A Case Study from the Early Earth Record. In Strategies of Life Detection (pp. 161–185). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77516-6_12

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