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Algaenan is the resistant biopolymer in the cell walls of unrelated groups of green algae,[1] and facilitates their preservation in the fossil record.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kodner, R. B.; Summons, R. E.; Knoll, A. H. (2009). "Phylogenetic investigation of the aliphatic, non-hydrolyzable biopolymer algaenan, with a focus on green algae" (PDF). Organic Geochemistry. 40 (8): 854. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.05.003.
  2. ^ Briggs, D. E. G. (1999). "Molecular taphonomy of animal and plant cuticles: selective preservation and diagenesis". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 354 (1379): 7. doi:10.1098/rstb.1999.0356. PMC 1692454.


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