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. 2013 Nov 12;110(46):18353-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1319306110. Epub 2013 Nov 1.

A mosquito's last supper reminds us not to underestimate the fossil record

Derek E G Briggs  1
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A mosquito's last supper reminds us not to underestimate the fossil record

Derek E G Briggs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1.
(A) Large insects succumb to decay and predation while tiny ones sink and are buried in the seasonal varves. (Prepared by J. Hall.) (B) The mosquito is flattened in the oil shale while the protein component of the blood hemoglobin decays, leaving the heme which is modified slightly during fossilization. (Live mosquito image from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; hemoglobin image courtesy of Richard Wheeler, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.)
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