Lecture 12: In anoxic systems sterol synthesis is inhibited due to lack of O2 (stratified anoxia?), ..... works there as a sterol surrogate

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In anoxic systems sterol synthesis is inhibited due to lack of O2 (stratified anoxia?), ..... works there as a sterol surrogate

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Tetrahymanol (converted to Gammacerane during diagenesis, so should be an anoxia/ stratification biomarker)

In anoxic systems sterol synthesis is inhibited due to lack of O2 (stratified anoxia?), ..... works there as a sterol surrogate