The universal ancestor lived in a thermophilic or hyperthermophilic environment

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-213

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROKARYOTE; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034615794     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.1086     Document Type: Article

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