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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hoshino Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5606710 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20170920 9
Sedimentary hydrocarbon remnants of eukaryotic C<sub>26</sub>-C<sub>30</sub> sterols can be used to reconstruct early algal evolution. Enhanced C<sub>29</sub> sterol abundances provide algal cell membranes a density advantage in large temperature fluctuations. Here, we combined a literature review with new analyses to generate a comprehensive inventory of unambiguously syngenetic steranes in Neoproterozoic rocks. Our results show that the capacity for C<sub>29</sub> 24-ethyl-sterol biosynthesis ...[more]