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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42225303 and 41872125) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2022YFF0800300 and 2021YFA0718200). The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-1876-5.
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Zhang, S., Wang, X., Wang, H. et al. What are the Limiting Environmental Factors for the Evolution of Early Eukaryotic Diversity?. J. Earth Sci. 34, 1313–1314 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-023-1876-5
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