Nucleus preservation in early Ediacaran Weng'an embryo-like fossils, experimental taphonomy of nuclei and implications for reading the eukaryote fossil record
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Sun, Weichen (孙伟辰)1,4; Yin, Zongjun (殷宗军)4,5; Cunningham, John A.6; Liu, Pengju2; Zhu, Maoyan (朱茂炎)3,4,5; Donoghue, Philip C. J.6 |
刊名 | INTERFACE FOCUS |
出版日期 | 2020-08-06 |
卷号 | 10期号:4页码:10 |
ISSN号 | 2042-8898 |
关键词 | Ediacaran Weng'an Biota fossil embryo subcellular structure taphonomy |
DOI | 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0015 |
英文摘要 | The challenge of identifying fossilized organelles has long hampered attempts to interpret the fossil record of early eukaryote evolution. We explore this challenge through experimental taphonomy of nuclei in a living eukaryote and microscale physical and chemical characterization of putative nuclei in embryo-like fossils from the early Ediacaran Weng'an Biota. The fossil nuclei exhibit diverse preservational modes that differ in shape, presence or absence of an inner body and the chemistry of the associated mineralization. The nuclei are not directly fossilized; rather, they manifest as external moulds. Experimental taphonomy of epidermal cells from the common onion (Allium cepa) demonstrates that nuclei are more decay resistant than their host cells, generally maintaining their physical dimensions for weeks to months post-mortem, though under some experimental conditions they exhibit shrinkage and/or become shrouded in microbial biofilms. The fossil and experimental evidence may be rationalized in a single taphonomic pathway of selective mineralization of the cell cytoplasm, preserving an external mould of the nucleus that is itself resistant to both decay and mineral replication. Combined, our results provide both a secure identification of the Weng'an nuclei as well as the potential of a fossil record of organelles that might help arbitrate in long-standing debates over the relative and absolute timing of the evolutionary assembly of eukaryote-grade cells. |
WOS关键词 | EXPERIMENTAL SILICIFICATION ; DOUSHANTUO FORMATION ; ORIGIN ; TISSUE ; FOSSILIZATION ; ORGANISMS ; BIOTA ; LEAF ; ULTRASTRUCTURE ; MICROORGANISMS |
资助项目 | Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[XDB26000000] ; Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[18000000] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41672013] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41661134048] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41921002] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS[2017360] ; Natural Environment Research Council under BETR programme[NE/J018325/1] ; Natural Environment Research Council under BETR programme[NE/P013678/1] ; Natural Environment Research Council[NE/J018325/1] ; Natural Environment Research Council[NE/P013678/1] |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | ROYAL SOC |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000542128100008 |
资助机构 | Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS ; Natural Environment Research Council under BETR programme ; Natural Environment Research Council |
源URL | [http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/32088] |
专题 | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
通讯作者 | Yin, Zongjun (殷宗军); Donoghue, Philip C. J. |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Geol Sci, Inst Geol, Beijing 100043, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 6.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Life Sci Bldg,Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TQ, Avon, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sun, Weichen ,Yin, Zongjun ,Cunningham, John A.,et al. Nucleus preservation in early Ediacaran Weng'an embryo-like fossils, experimental taphonomy of nuclei and implications for reading the eukaryote fossil record[J]. INTERFACE FOCUS,2020,10(4):10. |
APA | Sun, Weichen ,Yin, Zongjun ,Cunningham, John A.,Liu, Pengju,Zhu, Maoyan ,&Donoghue, Philip C. J..(2020).Nucleus preservation in early Ediacaran Weng'an embryo-like fossils, experimental taphonomy of nuclei and implications for reading the eukaryote fossil record.INTERFACE FOCUS,10(4),10. |
MLA | Sun, Weichen ,et al."Nucleus preservation in early Ediacaran Weng'an embryo-like fossils, experimental taphonomy of nuclei and implications for reading the eukaryote fossil record".INTERFACE FOCUS 10.4(2020):10. |
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来源:南京地质古生物研究所
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