Evolution of the Archaea

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 409-422

  Forterre, Patrick ^a   Brochier, Celine ^b   Philippe, Hervé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PROKARYOTE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; EVOLUTION; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0036596334     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2002.1592     Document Type: Article

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