Green algae

... life, unlike the oxygen-rich atmosphere created by the blue-green algae did later. That is why most of the early eukaryotes appeared only after the oxygenation ...

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... there was no evolution of lifeforms for 2 billion years after blue-green algae appeared 2.6 billion years ago. Even if the physical environment was stable, would there ...

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... both auto- and heterotrophic organisms; also multicellular algae are grouped in here), the plants, the fungi or mushrooms and the animals ... such as a large central vacuole, different plastids (of which the green chloroplasts, which are performing photosysnthesis are best known) ...

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... not mutually exclusive: mammals may have lost their ability to create green pigmentations as a result of it not being an advantegeous trait for ... are not pigmented at all, may appear green when they've been exposed to algae. Some treet sloths appear green due to algae contamination. Green Monkeys ...

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... these pages really helped me to see that the main reason was the red algae have these phycobilins that can absorb green, violet , and blue light. In which can penetrate water below 100 meters deep! Hope I ...

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