Unusually high evolutionary rate of the elongation factor 1α genes from the ciliophora and its impact on the phylogeny of eukaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-245

  Moreira, David ^a   Le Guyader, Hervé ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Elongation factor 1 ; Eukaryotic phylogeny; Long branch attraction; Taxonomic sampling; Tree symmetry

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033000133     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026105     Document Type: Article

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