Early branching eukaryotes?

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 624-629

  Embley, T Martin ^a   Hirt, Robert P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE; GIARDIA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONAS;

ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GIARDIA; MICROSPORIDIA; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 0031737822     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80029-4     Document Type: Article

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