Where is the root of the universal tree of life?

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 871-879

  Forterre, Patrick ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELL;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EID: 0033214077     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199910)21:10<871::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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