How molecules evolve in eubacteria [3]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 835-838

  Lockhart, Peter J ^a   Huson, Daniel ^b   Maier, Uwe ^c   Fraunholz, Martin J ^c   Van De Peer, Yves ^d   Barbrook, Adrian C ^e   Howe, Christopher J ^e   Steel, Mike A ^f  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Covarion; Covariotide; Nonstationarity; Split decomposition

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

CALCULATION; EUBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0034019646     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026363     Document Type: Letter

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