The tangled web: Gene genealogies and the origin of eukaryotes

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Katz, Laura A ^a,b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimerism; Multiple gene genealogies; Origin of eukaryotes; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENEALOGY;

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS;

EUKARYOTA; THUJA;

EID: 0032728564     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2463982     Document Type: Article

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