ArticleNature communications2023
Common origin of sterol biosynthesis points to a feeding strategy shift in Neoproterozoic animals.
Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mapping molluscan endocrinology: a systematic and critical appraisal.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Pooled it
- A lipidomics roadmap: from basic research to societal challenges.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Diversification of diterpene biosynthesis occurred early in octocoral evolution.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Sterols in plant biologyCell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- The C24-methyl/ethyl sterol ratio is increased by Rhizophagus irregularis colonization.Mycorrhiza · 2025Article
- Cholesterol and sterols in molluscan endocrinology: past, present, future.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
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- A Reassessment of the Coprostane Biomarker in the Ediacaran With Implications for Dickinsonia.GeobiologyArticle
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Abstract
Steranes preserved in sedimentary rocks serve as molecular fossils, which are thought to record the expansion of eukaryote life through the Neoproterozoic Era ( ~ 1000-541 Ma). Scientists hypothesize that ancient C
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