Major transitions in evolution by genome fusions: From prokaryotes to eukaryotes, metazoans, bilaterians and vertebrates

Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics

Volumn 3, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Spring, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allopolyploidy; Gene duplication; Genome evolution; Hybridization

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; DIPLOIDY; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUSION; GENOMICS; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SPERM; SYMBIOSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; HUMANS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BILATERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037263269     PISSN: 1345711X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022640512023     Document Type: Review

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