The rooting of the universal tree of life is not reliable

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-523

  Philippe, Hervé ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

ATPase; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Elongation factor; Long branch attraction; Mutational saturation; Root of the tree of life; Signal recognition particle; tRNA synthetase

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; RIBOSOME RNA; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (GLUTAMINE-HYDROLYZING); DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032874259     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006573     Document Type: Article

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