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Green synthesis of Agaricus avensis-mediated silver nanoparticles for improved catalytic efficiency of tyrosine hydroxylase towards potential biomedical implications
The present study deals with the bio-fabrication of AgA-AgNPs utilizing edible mushroom Agaricus arvensis as a reductant for improved stability and...
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New records of two jellyfish species Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy and Gaimard 1827) and Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri 1778) in the Moroccan northwest Mediterranean coast
During monitoring visits to the beaches of Fnideq, M'Diq, Cabo-Negro, and Martil, two jellyfish species along the Moroccan Northwest Mediterranean...
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Lotus spp.: a Mediterranean genus with high environment and economic impact in the Salado River Basin (Argentina)
This review has the principal objective in to hypothesise that the introduction of Lotus species could have significant benefits in constrained soils...
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Sequential gentle hydration increases encapsulation in model protocells
Small, spherical vesicles are a widely used chassis for the formation of model protocells and investigating the beginning of compartmentalized...
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2500 years ago scientific theories of the origin of life arose in ancient Greece
What have the Greeks ever done for us? Everything. This short commentary celebrating the earliest history of origin of life research seeks to bring...
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Past Environments of Mexico Unveiling the Past Environments of a Megadiverse Country Through its Fossil Record
Mexico is a biodiverse country. The dynamics of environments from Mexico played a crucial role in the history of North American biota. This book...
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Cretaceous Corals
The chapter gives an overview over the morphology, study methods, evolution, classification, taxonomy, and paleoecology of the post-paleozoic corals...
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Invertebrate Traces in Soils and Paleosols: A Review of the Classification, Interpretation, and Paleobiological Purpose
Ichnology studies the interactions between the organisms and the substrates where they lived, the structures formed as a result of these...
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Carbonate Sequences from the Valles-San Luis and Tuxpan Platforms (El Abra Formation; Cretaceous) and Their Paleoenvironmental Significance in a Sector of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the Subsoil of the Coastal Plain of the Gulf of México
Paleogeographic elements formed by the Albian and the Cenomanian carbonate sequences, from the Valles-San Luis Potosí platforms (PVSLP) and the...
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The Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Unlocking the Environmental Data of an Extraordinary Ancient Ecosystem from Mexico
Reconstructions of deep time environments traditionally were based on the analyses and interpretations of fossil organisms in deep time. However,...
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Gymnosperms Through Time. Their History in Mexico
It is difficult to synthesize the evolution of this group from their appearance (310 million years ago) to the present day. During this period,...
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Vertebrate Ichnofossils and Paleoenvironments
Ichnofossils or trace fossils are indirect evidence of biological activity. Vertebrate ichnofossils include footprints, trails, burrows, predation...
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Amphibians Environmental Dependence and Their Use in Paleoecological Reconstructions
The reproductive and physiological amphibians’ needs are strongly influenced by rainfall and water availability. Temperature is another important...
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Some Palynological Considerations in the Environmental History
Environmental history and Quaternary botany have long been interconnected by palynological methods. In this context, pollen morphology and some...
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Application of Ichnofossils and Microfossils in the Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Turbidite Sequences from the Chicontepec Basin, Central-Eastern Mexico
The Chicontepec Basin is located in the states of Veracruz, Hidalgo, and Puebla, in the central and eastern region of Mexico. The basin was formed...
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Introduction
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction is an objective of paleoecology, and biological proxies have been traditionally used to infer ancient environments....
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Microfossils as Proxies: Paleoecological and Paleoceanographic Indicators
Proxies are useful tools in paleoceanographic and paleoecological reconstructions. Biological proxies are represented by several groups of...
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Fossil Lophophorates: Generalities and Applications in the Interpretation of Paleoenvironments
Basic information on the morphology, phylogeny, and temporal distribution of the different recognized groups of lophophorates, including phoronids,...
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Pollen Database as a Tool for Paleoclimate Interpretation: The Case of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Central México
A fossil pollen and proxy database is key to a proper understanding of vegetation and climate, but in Mexico work on integrating databases for...
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The Tlayúa Quarry: An Overview of a Notable Early Cretaceous Fossil-Lagerstätte from Mexico
Tlayúa Quarry is an outstanding Early Cretaceous fossil site in Mexico characterized by the beauty and exceptional preservation of its fossils,...