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Nutrient-dependent growth underpinned the Ediacaran transition to large body size

Dr. Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill and Dr. Simon Conway Morris's paper was publised in Nature Ecology and Evolution (2017).

The title of paper is "Nutrient-dependent growth underpinned the Ediacaran transition to large body size".

Also, here is a link to a blog Dr. Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill wrote for Nature Ecology and Evolution's Behind the Paper series:
https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/channels/521-behind-the-paper/posts/18378-why-did-fossils-of-the-ediacaran-biota-appear-suddenly-at-large-size

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Reference

Journal:

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Title of Original Paper:

Nutrient-dependent growth underpinned the Ediacaran transition to large body size

Authors:

Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill (1) (2), Simon Conway Morris (2)

Affiliation:

(1) Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
(2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

DOI:

10.1038/s41559-017-022207

For more details, please see the press release and attached documents (1) (2).

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