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

Release Date : July 10, 2017

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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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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).