Genome phylogeny based on gene content

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-110

  Snel, Berend ^a,b,c   Bork, Peer ^a,b   Huynen, Martijn A ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032900532     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/5052     Document Type: Article

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