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. 2020 Jul 16;16(7):e1008451.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008451. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Updating the fungal infection-mammalian selection hypothesis at the end of the Cretaceous Period

Arturo Casadevall  1 , Chris Damman  2   3
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Updating the fungal infection-mammalian selection hypothesis at the end of the Cretaceous Period

Arturo Casadevall et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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Fig 1. Schematic representation of the proposed events leading to the fungal selection of mammalian endotherms after the Chicxulub impact.
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