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Did Redox Conditions Trigger Test Templates in Proterozoic Foraminifera?

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Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology ((COLE,volume 21))

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The genetically controlled formation of shells (“tests”) in the protistan first-rank Foraminifera [Rhizaria] offers a considerable advantage in evolutionary and phylogenetic studies on their development and diversification. Fossilized tests reveal the evolutionary patterns for some thousand genera, from the Cambrian to the Holocene.

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Altenbach, A.V., Gaulke, M. (2012). Did Redox Conditions Trigger Test Templates in Proterozoic Foraminifera?. In: Altenbach, A., Bernhard, J., Seckbach, J. (eds) Anoxia. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1896-8_31

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