A case for the extreme antiquity of recombination

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 770-777

  Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Muller's Ratchet; Origins of life; Origins of sex; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYMER; RECOMBINASE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOGENESIS; CATALYST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUBACTERIUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERIZATION; REPRODUCTION; VIRUS;

BIOGENESIS; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; VIRUSES;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0038369787     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2454-1     Document Type: Article

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