History assignment: When was the mitochondrion founded?

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 792-799

  Sogin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0031459312     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80042-1     Document Type: Article

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