Archaea sister group of Bacteria? Indications from tree reconstruction artifacts in ancient phylogenies

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 817-825

  Brinkmann, Henner ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Eukaryotes; Long branch attraction artifact; Molecular phylogeny; Signal recognition particle

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033015732     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026166     Document Type: Article

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