The universal ancestor was a thermophile or a hyperthermophile: Tests and further evidence

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-436

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENOTE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037424668     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2003.3197     Document Type: Article

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