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Published March 31, 2014 | public
Journal Article

Evolution: A Fixed-Nitrogen Fix in the Early Ocean?

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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