How long did it take for life to begin and evolve to cyanobacteria?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 546-554

  Lazcano, Antonio ^a   Miller, Stanley L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early gene duplication; Prebiotic synthesis; Time for life to arise

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; SEAWATER; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DARWINIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0028081390     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00160399     Document Type: Article

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