A search for the origins of animals and fungi: Comparing and combining molecular data

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Baldau, Sandra L ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combining data; Elongation factor 1 ; Eukaryote crown; Molecular phylogeny; Review; Slime molds

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; MYCETOZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; PROTISTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0032723027     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303292     Document Type: Article

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