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Immunospecificity of Fossil Proteins

Implications for the Establishment of Evolutionary Trends

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Organic Geochemistry

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology ((TGBI,volume 11))

Abstract

The atomic structure of matter has been generally accepted by physicists and chemists for less than 100 years, and the molecular basis of genetics, the DNA double helix, has been understood only within the past half century. During recent decades, molecular evidence for the timing and topology of evolutionary relationships among bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals has been accumulating rapidly (Nei, 1987).

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143-0568, USA

    Jerold M. Lowenstein

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  1. School of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Michael H. Engel

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    Stephen A. Macko

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Lowenstein, J.M. (1993). Immunospecificity of Fossil Proteins. In: Engel, M.H., Macko, S.A. (eds) Organic Geochemistry. Topics in Geobiology, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2890-6_39

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