organism
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The region also preserves some of the earliest evidence of life, including stromatolites and microbialite formations created by single-celled organisms such as cyanobacteria.
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The 18th-century French noble was the guy who got evolution wrong, believing that characteristics acquired during an organism’s life could be passed down directly to its descendants.
They discovered that when microscopic organisms such as yeast and mold fed on the kelp, the byproduct more closely resembled what they were seeking.
Earlier work by Lowery and colleagues studying the Chicxulub crater in the Gulf of Mexico had already shown that some surviving organisms returned to the region fairly quickly after the impact.
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Cell division is essential for all living organisms and depends on the coordinated activity of many proteins and regulatory components.
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