Archaeal genomics: Do archaea have a mixed heritage?

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Doolittle, W Ford ^a   Logsdon Jr , John M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032510454     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70127-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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