Abstract
Hierarchical structure formation scenarios postulate that large galaxies form by continuous accretion of smaller subunits. Consequently, the properties of large galaxies (esp. of their old populations) should also reflect the properties of the accreted building blocks. The few surviving dwarf galaxies, in turn, hold the fossil record of the early conditions of galaxy evolution. The Local Group provides a convenient nearby laboratory to study the resulting predictions in detail.
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Grebel, E., Gallagher, J., Harbeck, D. (2006). The Metallicity-Luminosity Relation for Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. In: Randich, S., Pasquini, L. (eds) Chemical Abundances and Mixing in Stars in the Milky Way and its Satellites. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34136-9_80
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