An evaluation of elongation factor 1α as a phylogenetic marker for eukaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-233

  Roger, Andrew J ^a,c   Sandblom, Olof ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Elongation factor 1 ; Eukaryotic evolution; Phylogeny; Species sampling effects

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALVEOLATA; ARCHAEA; CILIOPHORA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033039592     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026104     Document Type: Article

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