Molecules Through Time: Fossil Molecules and Biochemical Systematics : Proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting on Biomolecular Palaeontology Held on 20 and 21 March 1991, Volume 333, Issue 1268A comprehensive survey of the survival of organic molecules in the geological record. It covers the latest technical advances and discoveries in research on ancient proteins and amino acids, DNA, lipids, chlorophyll-derived pigments and other resistant biomolecules. |
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GEOFFREY EGLINTON AND GRAHAM A LOGAN | 315 |
JAN W DE LEEUW PIM F VAN BERGEN BEN G K VAN AARSSEN | 329 |
B ECKARDT B J KEELY J R WARING M I CHICARELLI AND J R MAXWELL | 339 |
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Acad Acta albumin algae algaenans amino acid sequences amino acids amplification analysis ancient DNA Asian bacteria Bada biochemical Biol biological biomacromolecules biomolecules bone DNA brachiopod Chem chemical chlorophyll chloroplast Clarkia cloning collagen components compounds contain cosmochim cytochrome degradation diagenesis diagenetic DNA extracted DNA sequences environments enzymes Evol evolutionary extraterrestrial figure fossil DNA fraction fragments gene genetic genome Geochem geochemistry Golenberg groups Hagelberg Horai hydrolysis immunological indicate intracrystalline molecules isotope isotope compositions Japanese kerogen Leeuw lipids Lond Lowenstein Macko material matrix microbial Miocene mitochondrial DNA molec molecular clock molecular evolution molecular mass mtDNA Murchison meteorite natn Nature nitrogen nucleotide sequences occur organic matter origin Pääbo peptide phylogenetic phylogeny plant polymerase polymerase chain reaction porphyrins present preservation primers Proc protein pyrolysis quagga racemization rbcL reactions recent samples sedimentary sediments shale shells species specimens sporopollenin stable isotope structure studies techniques Tegelaar temperature template tissues Wilson