Journal article
Chemical preservation of plants and insects in natural resins
Abstract
The morphological preservation of fossils in amber is remarkable, but their chemical composition is largely unknown. The likelihood of DNA preservation in amber has been questioned but, surprisingly, the fate of more decayresistant macromolecules such as lignocellulose in plants or the chitinprotein complex in insect cuticle has not been investigated. Here we report the results of investigations using pyrolysisgas chromatography/mass …
Authors
Stankiewicz BA; Poinar HN; Briggs DEG; Evershed RP; Poinar GO
Journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Vol. 265, No. 1397, pp. 641–647
Publisher
The Royal Society
Publication Date
April 22, 1998
DOI
10.1098/rspb.1998.0342
ISSN
0962-8452