Prokaryote and eukaryote evolvability

BioSystems

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 163-185

  Poole, Anthony M ^a,b   Phillips, Matthew J ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eukaryote evolution; Evolutionarily stable niche discontinuity; Evolvability; Genome evolution; Periodically selected function; Prokaryote evolution

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENOME; PROKARYOTE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME; LEARNING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR; PROKARYOTE; RNA PROCESSING; STRESS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037402596     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(02)00131-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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