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SUBMITTER: Shi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5155163 | biostudies-other | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Shi Yong Y Wang Junzhi J Zhang Zhi-Yu ZY Gao Yu Y Hao Cai-Na CN Xia Xiao-Yang XY Gu Qiusheng Q
Nature communications 20161209
Extremely metal-poor galaxies with metallicity below 10% of the solar value in the local universe are the best analogues to investigating the interstellar medium at a quasi-primitive environment in the early universe. In spite of the ongoing formation of stars in these galaxies, the presence of molecular gas (which is known to provide the material reservoir for star formation in galaxies such as our Milky Way) remains unclear. Here we report the detection of carbon monoxide (CO), the primary tra ...[more]