Long-branch attraction and the rDNA model of early eukaryotic evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1270-1279

  Stiller, John W ^a   Hall, Benjamin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amitochondriate amoebae; Evolution; Long branch attraction; Mastigamoeba; Phylogenetic; Ssu rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGAMOEBA; PELOBIONTIDA;

EID: 0032871269     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026217     Document Type: Article

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