The first sexual lineage and the relevance of facultative sex

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 779-783

  Dacks, Joel ^a,b   Roger, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryote phylogeny; Melosis; Origin of sex; Oxymonad; Parabasalid

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUGLENA; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREEN ALGA; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; REPRODUCTION; SEX;

EID: 0033062611     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013156     Document Type: Article

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