| Title |
Characterization of Organics Consistent with β-Chitin Preserved in the Late Eocene Cuttlefish Mississaepia mississippiensis
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0028195 |
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| Authors |
Patricia G. Weaver, Larisa A. Doguzhaeva, Daniel R. Lawver, R. Christopher Tacker, Charles N. Ciampaglio, Jon M. Crate, Wenxia Zheng |
| Abstract |
Preservation of original organic components in fossils across geological time is controversial, but the potential such molecules have for elucidating evolutionary processes and phylogenetic relationships is invaluable. Chitin is one such molecule. Ancient chitin has been recovered from both terrestrial and marine arthropods, but prior to this study had not been recovered from fossil marine mollusks. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 33 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 30 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 30% |
| Researcher | 7 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 15% |
| Professor | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 2 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 39% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 6 | 18% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 12% |
| Materials Science | 2 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 3 | 9% |