Reconstructing early events in eukaryotic evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate protist; Early eukaryote evolution; Endosymbiosis; Mitochondria; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARCHEZOA HYPOTHESIS; CELL ORGANELLE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION;

ARCHEZOA; DIPLOMONADIDA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; PARABASALIDEA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0032702602     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2463983     Document Type: Article

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