Oxygen and the evolution of life

This book describes the interlaced histories of life and oxygen. It opens with the generation of the element in ancient stars, and its distribution to newly formed planets like the Earth. But free O2 was not available on the early Earth, so the first life forms had to be anaerobic. Life introduced f...

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Körperschaft: SpringerLink (Online service)
Weitere Verfasser: Decker, Heinz, Holde, K. E. (Kensal Edward) 1928-
Format: Electronic Resource
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York Springer 2011.
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