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Evolution: A four billion year old metabolism
Access & Citations
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- 2160
- Article Accesses
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- 8
- Citations
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Online attention
- 24 tweeters
- 2 blogs
- 3 Facebook pages
- 13 news outlets
- 84 Mendeley
- 1 Citeulike
This article is in the 97th percentile (ranked 7,611th) of the 317,306 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals and the 83rd percentile (ranked 12th) of the 72 tracked articles of a similar age in Nature Microbiology
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Mentions in news and blogs
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Scientists find Earth’s common ancestor
Laboratory News -
A New Desciption of Our Last Universal Ancestor | RealClearScience
Real Clear Science -
Analysis provides a glimpse at the lifestyle of our single-celled ancestors
Chemical & Engineering News -
Did Our Oldest Common Ancestor Live In Volcanic Hot Springs?
Popular Science -
Four-billion-year-old microbe is ancestor of all modern life
Science Recorder -
Scientists Think They’ve Found the Ancient Ancestor of All Life on Earth
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