Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Molecular fossils study sheds light on feeding strategy shift in ancient life https://phys.org/news/2023-12-molecular-fossils-strategy-shift-ancient.html
Common origin of sterol biosynthesis points to a feeding strategy shift in #Neoproterozoic animals https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43545-z
"these #phytosterol molecular #fossils record the rise of algae in ancient #oceans and #animals abandoned phytosterol production when they could easily obtain it from this increasingly abundant food source"
Molecular fossils study sheds light on feeding strategy shift in ancient life
Paleontologists are getting a glimpse at life over a billion years in the past based on chemical traces in ancient rocks and the genetics of living animals. Research published in Nature Communications combines geology and genetics, showing how changes in the early Earth prompted a shift in how animals eat.
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